The new Freight Logistics Optimizations Works appears to offer no new solutions to the supply chain problem, reports Supply Chain Brain. 

The Biden administration’s launch last week of its Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) initiative has left a number of supply chain data experts scratching their heads.

According to CEOWorld, there are several cold supply chain issues that technology can help fix.  

Throughout the last year or so, the words “supply chain” have entered the common vernacular. It’s difficult to get away from news about supply chain disruptions, shortages, bottlenecks, and the like. But what many of those reports tend to gloss over is the importance of the cold chain. The cold chain (or cold supply chain) is the part of the regular supply chain that governs transporting items requiring refrigeration or being held at certain temperatures.

The gold industry is testing blockchain as a way to monitor the gold global supply chain, reports Insider. 

Two major gold groups on Monday launched a pilot program to digitally monitor gold moving through the global supply chain as a way to ensure authenticity and bolster transparency within the market for the precious metal.