How have new technological innovations facilitated the development of solutions that enhance visibility and traceability across supply chains ? I believe the Requis platform is a great example of new technology innovation driving enhanced visibility and traceability across the entire supply chain and throughout the entire lifecycle . One of the underlying building blocks of the Requis platform are standardised asset records . Where industry standards exist , we will look to adopt them , where gaps exist , we will seek to contribute towards the establishment of standards . Our vision is to have that asset record created at birth and have this same asset record gather information throughout the lifecycle of an asset until end of life . This would incorporate other technologies such as IoT , for example , and it would ultimately be a great application of blockchain . The result is something I ’ d compare in North America to the Car- Fax : essentially allowing you to pull the entire history of a vehicle from its initial sales tracking - geographically , operationally and commercially - even though it has had many owners . Going
a step further in the Requis platform , even the details of the transaction that led to the change of ownership of an asset are fully auditable .
What do you view as the most promising emergent technologies for improved supply chain management in the energy sector ? When I think about the potential for an emerging technology , I consider the value of how the technology can op-
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