The supply chain faces various risks that can be grouped into geopolitical ones, the restructuring of chains and climate change that is increasingly becoming more relevant in the logistics sequence; These variants affect the price of the services.
SungGon Kim, Cello Square Operations Head of Samsung SDS, said that the situation faced after COVID-19 and trade wars, such as what is happening between the United States and China, are putting pressure on the supply chain.
In front of an audience where customers and suppliers of Samsung SDS were present, Kim explained that when it comes to the restructuring of supply chains, they are motivated by policies of nationalism and diversification in the various modes of transportation that are being implemented. they have had to employ.
In the last point of climate change, it not only affects logistics due to the pressure of natural phenomena that motivates us to have agile solutions to react to these situations, but also because the measurement of the carbon footprint is increasingly constant.
This scenario is where Cello Square provides comprehensive operation services in the supply chain in all sectors, based on logistics innovation platforms.
Among the visibility that can be found with Cello Square are freight forwarding , distribution and storage operations , as well as logistics projects.
Currently Samsung SDS provides logistics services to more than two thousand clients in 25 diverse business segments. Of their total income, 95% are generated outside of South Korea, out of a total of just over $5.4 billion they generated in the last fiscal year. While by number of clients, 82% are outside the country of origin.
Through Cello Square, Kim explained, digital transformation is driven by internalizing logistics operational knowledge to increase scalability and increase agility with data.
Among the benefits is operational efficiency, through optimizing operations for international transportation and storage.
By expanding digital solutions, logistics information can be delivered directly into the hands of customers, while integrating a wide range of field-proven automation technologies.
Kim shared that in response to the goal of hyperautomation, he launched Cello Square Logistics Service in the GPT store , so that artificial intelligence (AI) is used to achieve greater efficiencies, such as determining the number of containers to use for export activities. or import.
To address the climate change agenda, Cello Square has a dashboard to measure or identify the carbon footprint of logistics services.
José Enrique Fable, commercial director of Samsung SDS Mexico, said that among the advantages of the digital platform are being able to access the quote online and in real time. In addition, there is online document management.
This form of operation, Fabela highlighted, allows for real visibility in all phases of the process, while allowing analysis based on data, as well as forecasts in the logistics operation.
Globally, Samsung SDS operated more than 210 thousand tons of air cargo, more than 740 thousand maritime containers, 440 thousand tons of motor transportation and managed a space of 2.56 million square meters of warehouses.
