Recent Posts by Evelyn Mei

By Grace Qiu & Evelyn Mei, Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM Product Strategy  Logistics management today involves not just your transportation management system (TMS), but also many other internal systems and external websites in your logistics ecosystem. You may still find yourself or your team performing manual tasks such as copying information from an email and entering it into your system, typing booking information on your carriers’ websites, monitoring a portal and updating...

Introducing the new Oracle Logistics Digital Assistant, an AI-powered Virtual Assistant for Oracle Cloud Logistics. Your customers and employees now have easy, on-the-go access to order status and shipment tracking without having to navigate through the Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) application or understand complicated data mappings. The Oracle Logistics Digital Assistant provides you and your authorized users with a conversational interface that responds quickly,...

Managing logistics transportation for a global company can be a stressful job. With supply chain networks covering multiple continents and million dollars’ worth of goods flowing across time zones, transportation managers are working around the clock to ensure shipments are handled safely, quickly, and under budget. Broadly speaking, transportation managers have 6 needs: · Planning · Tracking · Support · Collaboration · Reporting · Compliance Then there are other related responsibilities,...

What are female leaders’ opinions about the future of computing? What are industry leaders’ visions on Digital Twin, Security and Social Network? How is a world with 5G, Quantum Computing and AI going to change our lives? 20 distinguished speakers and 150+ conference attendees convened at Oracle Santa Clara Campus on May 9th to share their knowledge, experience and ideas which will influence the future of computing. Here is a brief summary of each session during...

Rising Together To Influence Our Future The IEEE Women in Computing Summit combines engaging and inspirational speakers with diverse and interactive topics. It will offer a unique opportunity to learn and network with developers, researchers and leaders from Silicon Valley. This year, Oracle will be hosting around 20 distinguished speakers and 150+conference attendees at its Santa Clara Campus. The conference covers a wide range of topics. Attendees will hear the latest...

Oracle OpenWorld took place at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, and amongst the vast array of keynotes and educational sessions were seven logistics sessions. On Tuesday morning, Daniel Schoerner and Srini Rajagopal delivered product roadmap presentations for GTM and OTM, respectively. They gave a product strategy update, introduced what's new in the latest release and discussed key strategic investments such as Trade Agreements, Logistics...

Human driven cars will disappear from local streets and freeways within 50 years, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said last month. "In less than 50 years, people will no longer be allowed to drive by themselves in the city or on expressways unless they have a special license." A scene that has appeared in countless science fiction movies might become reality sooner than we imagined: $80 billion has been invested in autonomous vehicle technology over the past 3 years 55...

Teaching a computer to read human language and comprehend meaning has been one of Artificial Intelligence’s holiest grails. Reading comprehension is challenging – even for human readers. In order to do it well, a reader not only needs to process a significant amount of reading material, but also needs to develop the capability to interpret questions correctly and find answers accurately. Surprisingly, computers are performing the task relatively well. A Brief Review of Natural...

Dubai, one of the most futuristic cities in the world, announced its strategy to become the world’s first blockchain powered government by 2020. As part of this transformational scheme, a number of initiatives have been launched, including: Blockchain-based paperless government To process all visa applications, bill payments, etc. digitally through blockchain Blockchain-based vehicle life-cycle management To track ownership, sale, and accident history of every vehicle at any...