Mar 30,2023
Supply Chain Management in Logistics Perspective
On July 3 2023, the first International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and Trans-Eurasian Supply Chain Collaborative Development Summit Forum (or International Freight Conference) organized by the China International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFA), the International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) and the Federation of ASEAN Freight Forwarders Associations (AFFA), took place in Chongqing, China. WallTech, eTower's parent company was invited and attended the conference.
At the conference, Liu Feng, eTower's Chief Executive, VP of WallTech (eTower's parent company), and Head of the Digital Committee of the CIFA, gave a presentation.
This year's New Land-Sea Corridor and Eurasian Supply Chain Development Conference covered a range of Topics, including:
The vision for the development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and the Trans-Eurasian Supply Chain.
Development of multimodal transport.
China-Europe container transportation.
Negotiable Bill of Lading.
Digital solutions for international freight transportation.
In the last segment about digital solutions for international freight transportation, Mr Liu Feng, chief executive of eTower, VP of WallTech Information Technology Ltd., and the Head of the Digital Committee of CIFA, delivered a speech titled "Building 'Digital China Logistics' to Boost High-Quality Development of Industrial and Supply Chains."
In his speech, Mr. Liu analyzed the current state, challenges, and opportunities of China's international logistics industry, touching upon areas like blockchain, artificial intelligence, IoT, and big data. As the leader of CIFA's Digital Committee, he also addressed WallTech's responsibilities for the digitization of the international logistics industry, including studying the application and development process of digital logistics internationally, constructing a platform for logistics data exchange, formulating industry digitalization standards, drafting regulations, providing digital consultation and training, and establishing a think tank of experts to propel industry development.
Liu Feng, chief executive of eTower, VP of WallTech, Head of the CIFA Digital Committee, giving speech at the Conference
About the Conference
This year's New Land-Sea Corridor and Eurasian Supply Chain Development Conference was conducted simultaneously in three languages: Chinese, English, and Russian, with more than 500 industry professionals attending the event, representing 27 countries and regions across Eurasia. Of these attendees, over 120 were international delegates.
Along with WallTech, representatives from the following organizations and companies gave speeches at the conference:
Federation of International Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
ASEAN Freight Forwarders Association (AFFA)
Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders (FMFF)
Thai International Freight Forwarders Association (TIFFA)
Philippine Multimodal Transport and Logistics Association (PMTLA)
Vietnam Logistics Business Association (VLA)
Cambodia Freight Forwarders Association (CLA)
Lao International Freight Forwarders Association (LITFA)
Indonesia Logistics and Forwarders Association (ILFA)
Korea International Freight Forwarders Association (KIFFA)
Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India (FFFAI)
Singapore Logistics Association (SLA)
Russian Railways Joint Stock Company
Belarusian Railway
Turkmenistan Transport and Logistics Center
Far-Eastern Shipping Company PLC (Russia)
Mukran Port GmbH (Germany)
Eurasian Railway Logistics Corporation Limited
About CCTT
Founded by The Ministry of Railway Communication of the Russian Federation, The International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) is a non-commercial transport association with an open-ended duration, registered in the Main Register of the canton Bern (Switzerland).
Presently the CCTT has 96 member societies from 23 countries, including railways of Europe, Asia and the CIS states, leading shipping companies, operators and forwarders, ports and stevedoring companies, state organizations, administrations and academia, telecom and marketing companies, security services and mass media.
About CIFA
The China International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFA), established in Beijing in 2000, is a national organization representing China's international freight forwarding industry. CIFA's membership spans provincial and municipal international freight forwarding industry organizations, international freight logistics enterprises, and business units related to freight logistics across the country. It also includes individual members with considerable prestige and influence in China's freight logistics field. Currently, CIFA boasts over 600 members, of which 95 are directorate-level or higher units, and 21 are provincial and municipal freight forwarding industry organizations. The association represents over 6000 international freight forwarding enterprises nationwide.
About AFFA
The ASEAN Freight Forwarders Association (AFFA) was founded in 1990. It's a regional organization for the freight forwarding and logistics industry, consisting of industry associations from the ten ASEAN member countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam. With over 3000 member enterprises, AFFA is the only cross-regional freight forwarding industry organization in the ASEAN region. It has made significant contributions to coordinating regional goods transport and ensuring smooth trade channels.
About WallTech
WallTech (Shanghai WallTech Information Technology Co., Ltd.), founded in 2011, is a leading research and operation service provider for cross-border logistics SaaS cloud service platforms in the industry.
After nearly 12 years of steady development, WallTech has built a cloud service product matrix based on the international freight forwarding logistics cloud service CargoWare, and the cross-border e-commerce logistics collaborative cloud service eTower.
We integrate advanced technology and rich experience in the cross-border logistics industry, empowering the digital transformation and upgrading of traditional Chinese international logistics enterprises, effectively improving business operational efficiency, and reducing enterprise operating costs to the greatest extent.
About eTower
eTower, a product of WallTech Co. Ltd, is a logistics collaboration platform SaaS (Software as a Service) with a speciality in the cross-border e-Commerce sector. eTower connects the whole logistics chain from the upstream manufacturers/sellers, operating hubs, freight-forwarders/logistics service providers, transportation, warehouses, and last-mile carriers, all the way to the end consumers. Through eTower's logistics software integration, all divisions in the cross-border logistics chain can easily share data and work together efficiently and conveniently.
Powered by AWS and based on cloud computing, eTower helps logistics providers(freight-forwarders/3PL/4PL) who have the heart and strength to quickly cut into the field of complicated cross-border e-commerce markets, helping logistics providers focus on their areas of expertise without being bound by IT issues.
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