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How Tag-N-Trac Leverages Smart Labels and Agentic AI

As air freight logistics navigate global volatility, Tag-N-Trac demonstrates how agentic AI and digitalisation can be used to improve workflow efficiency
In a world of growing demand, logistics companies need to adapt to modern concerns or modern politics.
The industry is in a constant state of change, with businesses facing policy shifts or increasing demand that they cannot manage with traditional solutions.
Tag-N-Trac was founded five years ago with the aim of digitising logistics and bringing it into a more modern era.
Increased visibility
When Tag-N-Trac launched its disposable smart labels, it made it easier for logistics companies to gain real-time tracking across multimodal transportation, as well as environmental monitoring.
“ The logistics industry has been using barcode scanning for the past 20 years and as the technology is evolving, we wanted to modernise the process and bring more automation into it,” explains Venu Gutlapalli, Chief Digital Officer and Co-Founder of Tag-N-Trac.
For years, a lack of visibility has led to untraceable losses, customer complaints and extra costs. At first, companies were hesitant to digitise due to extra costs, but smart labels help cut costs in the long term.
“ With the smart labels, it simplifies the entire process and offers full freedom in deployment. That’ s what we are transforming,” Venu states.
Tag-N-Trac’ s smart labels keep supply chain leaders informed of every step of the journey, providing them with the location and conditions of their shipment across transit and while sitting in warehouses.
AI in supply chains
As demand has increased, so has the role of AI in the supply chain. It is being used to train digital models or