{"id":7519,"date":"2019-04-09T09:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-prod.qad.com\/blog\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2019-04-09T09:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:09:06","slug":"cloud-solutions-for-global-trade-and-transportation-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/cloud-solutions-for-global-trade-and-transportation-execution","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Solutions for Global Trade and Transportation Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7520&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in the early 1960s, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._C._R._Licklider\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dreamed of an \u201cIntergalactic Computer Network.\u201d Lick, as he was known, was a computer scientist, psychologist and all-round genius who helped to develop the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARPANET\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARPANET<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. His work was crucial in establishing the internet as we know it today, as well as cloud computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud computing has been with us for around two decades. Early pioneers include Salesforce, who popularized Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) back in 1999 \u2014 and grew a global enterprise as a result. Despite the cloud\u2019s many advantages, adoption has been relatively slow. To be more accurate, many companies were happy to use SaaS services like Salesforce, but were initially reluctant to move their enterprise applications to the cloud. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That has changed \u2014 and is continuing to change. Gartner <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2018-09-12-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-public-cloud-revenue-to-grow-17-percent-in-2019\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forecasts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the global public cloud services market will grow 17.3 percent this year to a total of $206.2 billion. That is a significant jump from $175.8 billion in 2018. Gartner expects this trend to continue and predicts that this will increase to $278.3 billion in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics in the Cloud<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last five years or so, businesses around the world have increasingly moved their enterprise applications, platforms and infrastructure to the cloud \u2014 including, of course, critical business systems such as ERP. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are tangible benefits to making the move to the cloud. These include scalability, faster deployment, reduced maintenance and IT costs and reduced capital expenses. In addition, when you use a cloud solution you have a built-in disaster recovery plan. The cloud also offers significant advantages for global trade, transportation and logistics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Real-time Updates to Trade Content<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One major advantage of using a cloud-based trade and transportation execution solution is that you have ongoing and real-time updates to trade compliance regulations. A cloud-based shipping logistics platform helps you avoid compliance missteps and costly penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/enforcement\/oee\/penalties\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bureau of Industry and Security<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (BIS) convicted 31 individuals and businesses on criminal charges. This resulted in $287,102,532 in criminal fines; $166,234,123 in forfeitures; and 576 months of imprisonment. In the same year, BIS also imposed $692,296,500 million in administrative penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Easy, Automatic Roll-out<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For large shippers with multiple locations, on-premise rollouts and updates are often time-consuming and complicated. With a cloud deployment, however, all facilities and teams can receive new features and updates simultaneously. Adding new applications, scaling back capacity or even adding or subtracting users is quick and easy. That means no communications downtime between facilities and no need for intricate planning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Reduced Maintenance and IT Costs<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a cloud-based solution, your provider is responsible for hardware maintenance and upgrades. If and when infrastructure needs to be updated, it\u2019s invisible to your organization and your finance department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rapid ROI<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is return on investment. Because deployment of cloud architecture is much faster than on-premise, return on investment is realized much quicker. In addition, your provider is responsible for hardware maintenance and upgrades too. As a result, when infrastructure is updated, it\u2019s invisible to your IT organization \u2014 and your finance department.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the Right Technology Partner<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD Precision provides global trade management, transportation execution and multi-carrier shipping software solutions from a single, integrated platform. An ISO-certified company, QAD Precision assists companies to minimize shipping costs, optimize first and last mile deliveries, automate free trade agreement compliance, avoid customs delays and mitigate the risks associated with dynamic trading environments to maximize their competitive advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD Precision\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/elevate-your-business-shift-to-qad-cloud\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integrated cloud services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide growth-minded organizations with the ability to move capital expenses to operational expenses while requiring less maintenance and automatic upgrades. Customers moving to cloud technology eliminate the need for IT and hardware resources while moving their information to a secure, private cloud environment. 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