Logistics
Innovation is reshaping logistics, driving efficiency, sustainability, and cost savings. By partnering with SOSA, industry leaders harness AI, IoT, and predictive maintenance to optimize fleets, prevent breakdowns, and improve operational performance—setting a new standard in logistics management.
The logistics industry is experiencing a significant transformation fueled by innovative technologies that enhance efficiency and sustainability. AI is streamlining supply chain management through precise demand forecasting and optimized routing, effectively reducing costs and improving responsiveness. IoT sensors provide real-time visibility, enabling proactive management and quick adaptation to disruptions.
Sustainability is a key focus, with fleets increasingly adopting autonomous electric vehicles that reduce emissions while utilizing intelligent routing to optimize deliveries. Predictive maintenance, powered by IoT data, anticipates potential issues before they occur, ensuring vehicles operate at peak efficiency. Additionally, advanced weather intelligence offers critical insights, allowing logistics companies to adjust routes proactively, minimizing delays.
These advancements signal a shift towards a more connected and environmentally responsible logistics landscape, addressing modern supply chain complexities and evolving customer expectations.
Insurance technology trends
AI-driven supply chain optimization
AI and machine learning automate logistics processes, enhancing demand forecasting, route optimization, and decision-making in real-time, improving efficiency and reducing costs.
Connected infrastructure for real-time visibility
IoT sensors and control towers provide end-to-end visibility, enabling real-time monitoring of vehicles and cargo, improving resilience and minimizing disruptions.
Connected world integration
The interconnected nature of devices, vehicles, smart homes and cities is being leveraged for comprehensive monitoring and real-time data collection, leading to tailored insurance solutions.
Sustainability and fleet automation
Autonomous, all-electric fleets powered by AI and intelligent routing optimize deliveries, reduce emissions, and align with sustainability goals.
Predictive maintenance and uptime
AI-driven predictive maintenance, using IoT sensor data, reduces breakdowns, cuts maintenance costs, and boosts fleet uptime and performance.
Weather-responsive logistics
Satellite and IoT systems provide real-time weather data, allowing for route adjustments, fewer wasted miles, and improved delivery reliability.
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Use Cases
Data-driven Decision Making: Planning & Analytics Tools
In an increasingly complex business environment, organizations struggle with maintaining supply chain visibility, efficiency, and resilience. To overcome this, managers are increasingly investing in logistics solutions, such as AI-powered risk management platforms, digital twins and control towers. These technologies, integrated with AI, machine learning, and IoT, enhance connectivity and provide data-driven insights that optimize transportation efficiency, forecast demand, and manage inventory, ultimately facilitating proactive contingency planning.
Operational Cost Saving | Decision-Making Acceleration | Resource Optimization | Efficiency Improvement | Risk Mitigation | Fuel Cost Saving | Carbon Footprint Reduction |
10x
faster data processing for quicker insights and faster decision-making in supply chain management
80%
improvement in supply chain visibility
30%
reduction in operational expenses
20%
reduction in carbon footprint
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Weather Intelligence for Logistics & Transportation
Supply chains face significant challenges from adverse weather conditions, which can disrupt operations and lead to costly delays. Weather-related accidents and deteriorating road conditions can severely impact trucking routes, affecting delivery schedules and overall efficiency. To address these issues, advanced technologies such as networks of satellites, IoT sensors, and real-time driver alerts are being deployed. These integrated tools deliver comprehensive weather intelligence that improves safety and reliability on the roadways.
Operational Cost Saving | Shipping Delay Reduction | Safety Improvement | Resource Optimization | Efficiency Improvement | Risk Mitigation | Fuel Cost Saving |
25%
fewer shipping delays caused by weather
35%
reduction in wasted miles for more efficient operations
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As operational costs rise and environmental concerns intensify, fleet automation emerges as a critical solution. This approach utilizes autonomous, all-electric technology combined with intelligent routing software that integrates customer and traffic data to optimize delivery times, battery life, and energy consumption. The system allows for remote control by drivers, ensuring safe and emission-free freight mobility. Autonomous heavy-duty trucks employ artificial intelligence and logistics big data to provide efficient logistics solutions. By implementing fleet automation, companies can achieve significant labor and fuel savings, ultimately enhancing both operational efficiency and sustainability in logistics.
Operational Cost Saving | Labor Cost Savings | Resource Optimization | Efficiency Improvement | Risk Mitigation | Fuel Cost Saving | Carbon Footprint Reduction |
≥90%
mileages driven by AD system
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Predictive Fleet Management
The combination of aging vehicles and lack of preventative maintenance leads to large number of truck breakdowns and extended maintenance periods. To combat this challenge, AI-based predictive maintenance leverages data from IoT sensors embedded in vehicles and telematics data analysis to identify potential malfunctions before they occur. This approach results in increased vehicle uptime by ensuring that maintenance is performed on the right vehicle at the optimal time. Additionally, it enhances operational efficiency through automated maintenance planning, clustering, and fleet-level optimization, ultimately driving better performance across the fleet.
Operational Cost Saving | Maintenance Cost Savings | Breakdown Prevention | Uptime Increase | Technician Cost Optimization | Risk Reduction | Downtime Minimization | Resource Optimization | Efficiency Improvement |
12%
savings in maintenance costs
8%
boost in operational uptime
20%
fewer roadside breakdowns
9%
improvement in technician efficiency
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How we serve the logistics industry's unique needs
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Emmanuel Lagarrigue
Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Executive Committee
Schneider Electric
"Innovation is about people, this is why we work with SOSA - this is a secret ingredient, the people. It's about taking small bets, on many different ventures along the way, some of them will change the world."
Renata Freesz Pinto
Innovation Project Manager
Klabin
"Klabin's dedication to sustainable innovation has been enhanced through our collaboration with SOSA and CNI. Our projects exemplify our commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation. By partnering with SOSA, we've identified the optimal partners for our initiatives."
Mitchell Weinstock
“We came to Israel and used SOSA as a source to bring some very innovative companies, in a very innovative format so our teams would have something exciting to look at and listen to. I think we were very successful finding 5 great companies.”
Joel Agard
Head of Innovation
Zurich Insurance
“We at Zurich Insurance Group have been working with SOSA since 2016. Through working together, we have been able to leverage SOSA’s extensive startup network and Insurtech expertise to help identify Insurtech solutions and startups as well as form collaborations with some of those startups.”
Phil Hsia
President, Global Travel Insurance
Tokio Marine HCC
“I have been through many innovation programs in my career including with a leading design agency, a strategy consulting firm, an executive education programs at leading universities, and others. I found the SOSA to be the best."
Daljitt Barn
Global Head of Cyber Risk & Head of Innovtion Lab, London
Tokio Marine
"Partnering with SOSA helped us accelerate our open innovation activities in Israel in no time, knowing that SOSA analysts cover the Israeli tech ecosystem and have the knowledge to provide us with a highly curated deal flow of advanced technologies."
Dr. Luca Marighetti
Former Group Head Tech Transformation
Swiss Re
“SOSA truly understands our innovation requirements and knows how to deliver solutions, no matter how complex the challenge or how quickly we need it. We have someone we can speak with at SOSA at all times.”
Sasson Darwish
Former Managing Director, Global Investment Banking
RBC Capital Markets
“We have been extremely impressed by the companies we've met through SOSA, and many of them have been considered for a POC stage to become part of the RBC vendor universe."
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