World Economic Forum issues blockchain toolkit to strengthen global supply chains

The World Economic Forum has released a blockchain toolkit offering guidance to enterprises seeking to deploy the distributed ledger technology. It cited the global pressure created by the COVID-19 outbreak on global trade as reason to cooperate to strengthen international supply chains, and look at technologies like blockchain. “The current pandemic underscores the need for…

Dassault Systèmes supplies digital thread for rapid construction of COVID-19 hospitals

France-based industrial software provider Dassault Systèmes and China-based facilities management company Aden Group are combining their digital twin and modular architecture platforms to fast-track hospital construction. The arrangement is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dassault Systèmes was involved with China’s Central-South Architectural Design Institute (CSADI) to evaluate COVID-19 dispersal at Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan,…