[by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Xiao Feng Yin, Xiuju Fu, Sandra Haraldson, Kenneth Lind, Rong Zhou, Andrea Bolognesi, Teemu Manderbacka, Torbjörn Rydbergh, and Stefan Wannes Väre]
Recently, global supply chains have undergone unprecedented disruptions and they face new challenges ahead. Therefore, companies seek new ways to manage the movement of their goods. Digitalization and collaboration are central to this effort. The Virtual Watch Tower, known as VWT (www.virtualwatchtower.org) shifts gears in collaboration and private data sharing and public data access for analytical services to mitigate supply chain risks, e.g., improving disruption and carbon footprint management. The VWT consists of two components, the technical network / VWTnet empowered by a digital middleware, and a group of connected members, the VWT Community. Analytical services are a key component of the VWTnet.
The VWT operates with an impartial and inclusive ethos, backed by trusted organizations such as Sweden’s Vinnova and the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI), and is led by neutral research institutes RISE, A*STAR’s IHPC and VTT.
The VWT follows strategically the model of the traditional internet,…
