Walmart Canada is utilizing blockchain to help it avoid discrepancies between invoices and payments, reports Harvard Business Review. 

Walmart has long been known as a leader in supply chain management. However, its prowess could not insulate it from a problem plaguing the transportation industry for decades: vast data discrepancies in the invoice and payment process for freight carriers, which required costly reconciliation efforts and caused long payment delays.

According to Bloomberg, shipping companies are exploring self-driving semis in an effort to alleviate the driver shortage. 

Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk to motorists

According to Freight Waves, NTT Data Service has acquired Chainalytics.

NTT DATA Services has announced its intent to acquire supply chain consulting and analytics firm Chainalytics to reinforce its logistics consulting capabilities for its global enterprise customers.