For three exciting days, from July 1–3, ADVANTUM welcomed sixteen enthusiastic high school students to its inaugural NextGen Coders Camp, where they discovered that coding is about much more than writing lines of…
Innovation, leadership and a passion for digital transformation have earned Calmin Scarlett, Software Development Team Lead at ADVANTUM, a seat on the Jamaica Technology & Digital Alliance (JTDA) Council for the 2026–2028 term….
Nothing impacts employee trust faster than payroll mistakes. Employees expect to be paid correctly and on time. When that expectation fails, confidence drops immediately. Late pay creates stress. Incorrect deductions create confusion. Missing…
High turnover continues to challenge the shipping and logistics industry. Ports and terminals across the Caribbean and globally struggle to retain skilled workers with many employees leaving within short periods, forcing operators to…
Across industries that rely on large workforces – security, construction, ports, manufacturing – one issue continues to limit performance: a lack of real-time workforce visibility. Many organizations still depend on manual systems, spreadsheets,…
Bonded and non-bonded warehouses sit at the centre of modern trade and logistics operations, particularly in port-centric and island economies. As cargo volumes increase and customs oversight becomes more stringent, manual processes and…
The shipping sector has been under pressure as uncollected cargo continues to pile up in ports and bonded warehouses. Containers that have already been cleared are sitting idle, taking up valuable space and…
At 4:30 pm on a Friday afternoon, a customs officer arrives at a bonded warehouse for an unannounced audit. The operations team must quickly produce entry records, bonded inventory balances, container movement logs…
Port efficiency plays a critical role in shaping logistics costs in the Caribbean. For the shipping and logistics industry, it is not just an operational concern. It directly affects the cost of goods…
Every year, the shipping and logistics industry is flooded with predictions about how technology, regulation, and global trade pressures will reshape operations. As 2026 begins, those predictions are no longer theoretical. Across ports,…