Did you know that Splice has a yard management system and an export receiving date tracking service? Those may sound like two different things but at the core they solve a common confounding problem in logistics.
Supply chain list systems are vast, varied and numerous, and missing interoperability between systems results in manual data handling, lots of spreadsheets and emails, and an inability to have a streamlined system of systems.
Data does not flow, seamlessly, and logistics that require coordination between many different parties. When data does move easily between systems and users, the result is faster processes (productivity), lower costs (efficiency), and more effective system designs (optimization).
Splice exists to create interoperability and produce these gains. The question is, what are the use cases where the capability can best be applied.
As you may imagine, the application of Splice is vast, so as an entrepreneurial young company, we were confronted with various opportunities. In some situations, we discovered that the problem a customer presented had broad application.
Take container yard and asset management. Givens Logistics in Chesapeake, Virginia approach us with a challenge: they had multiple yards across a mile and a half highway without sufficient container and asset controls in place. while they were using tracking devices for trailers and trucks (IIoT) and were exploring OCR technology, they lack the common tool for all their users. They were looking for a system to connect, translate and automate data flows to support efficient yard management.
Splice layered different data sets on a map, and Yard Spot was born. As we went out to learn more about yard management systems (YMS), we discovered the gap for many drayage operators. Yard Spot Is a product design for small to midsize container yards that creates value by combining multiple data sources into a single operating picture and coordinates activities between warehouse, dispatch, and yard users.
Spice Exports has a similar story. Its foundation is the integration and translation of varied data sets based on a common problem, confounding exporting, shippers, truckers and forwarders: Marine terminals and Ocean carriers do not share data uniformly and consistently in order to automate the process of tracking export receiving dates. Missing interoperability produces a lot of transparency, confidence, and process efficiency.
Splice solves these problems by collecting, organizing, storing and validating data from all the major ocean carriers and over 60 marine terminals across North America. Again, it comes back to connecting, translating and automating disparate data flows.
Finally, Splice has its low-code platform to simplify the process of creating interoperable workflows. With over 100 pre-built connections, Splice can quickly get data moving to the places where it is most actionable. Splice is logistics for data: We get the right data, to the right place, at the right time, and in the right condition.
Data is abundant - perhaps over abundant - in our industry, but solutions to optimize the movement and application of the data are missing. Data silos are common place, and complaints about “bad data” our daily occurrences.
As the era of artificial intelligence quickly unfolds, too many in supply chain, shipping and logistics organizations are challenged to have information when, where and how it is needed. Legacy systems remain the center point in hub and spoke models when more dynamic ecosystems are necessary to drive business intelligence and AI.
The gaps between systems are not closing, they are getting wider. At Splice, it is our goal to reverse this trend and make more technologies - that rely on good data logistics - accessible and applicable in companies of all sizes.
The fundamental problem we sought to solve is more relevant than ever. The barriers that restrain you from taking advantage of new technologies can come down by splicing systems together.
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