Interview with Lorenzo Vaccarino, Senior Sales Advisor – GuardOne Zucchetti

In recent years, the digitalization of the supply chain has made significant progress within factories and warehouses. However, many companies still underestimate what happens beyond the physical boundaries of the enterprise: transportation, the management of distributed assets, and operational activities carried out “in motion.”
This is not the only issue in the supply chain, but it is one of the most critical and least managed areas, where inefficiencies, operational risks, and lack of control tend to concentrate. It is here that data continuity often breaks down and information flow loses value, making the entire decision-making process more fragile.

Limited visibility, incomplete decisions

In freight transport and field services, companies must deal with increasing complexity: heterogeneous fleets, multiple suppliers, tight time constraints, and valuable assets spread across ever-wider areas.

The challenge is not only knowing where vehicles and goods are located, but understanding how they are used, whether activities meet planned timelines, and whether operational processes are executed correctly. When this information is unavailable or not integrated into company systems, management remains reactive, fragmented, and difficult to control.

Experience gained in complex transport digitalization projects shows that the real limitation emerges when data exists but remains siloed, unable to interact with the rest of the company’s digital ecosystem.

From operational control to risk prevention

The issue, therefore, is no longer just transport security, but end-to-end operational management. Companies require tools capable of ensuring continuous visibility, reducing the risk of theft, delays, or misuse, and supporting decisions based on reliable, up-to-date data.

In this scenario, technologies such as advanced geolocation, the Internet of Things, and smart sensors play a central role. They make it possible to monitor even traditionally unconnected assets and to transform operational data into a true management lever, no longer limited to simple control functions.

The supply chain as an integrated ecosystem

A step change occurs when information collected in the field is natively integrated with company systems, such as TMS and fleet management platforms , contributing to a continuous information flow across the entire supply chain.

This approach enables companies to move from reactive to proactive management, anticipating critical issues, reducing costs and operational risks, and improving overall service reliability.

The Zucchetti offering for the Digital Supply Chain

Within the Zucchetti vision for the Digital Supply Chain , every link in the chain contributes to ensuring efficiency, control, and economic sustainability. What happens in the field also becomes an integral part of the digital model, completing the company’s information landscape.

In this context fits GuardOne, a solution from the Zucchetti Group designed to extend the digital supply chain beyond traditional boundaries by collecting and enhancing data from vehicles, goods, and distributed assets.

The goal is to build a truly integrated supply chain, where every point—inside or outside the company—contributes to improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, and mitigating risks. This is the value of the Zucchetti approach and the tangible benefit for companies that choose to undertake a comprehensive and consistent digitalization journey.