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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

New York City has seen a 29% increase in residential deliveries from 2010 to 2015. FedEx Freight Direct will offer heavy and hard-to-handle item delivery to last-mile destinations in Atlanta, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Dallas with a two-hour delivery window. parcel shipping. strain areas not designed for the elevated traffic.

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Network Consolidation: A Step Forward for Market-Driven Value Networks?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, Infor purchased GT Nexus in 2015; OpenText purchased GXS in 2014, GHX purchased H-Card, LLC today; E2open purchased Terra Technology in May 2016 and Orchestro on Monday. E2open, following a rough 2014, was purchased by Insight Venture Partners in 2015. Thoma Bravo purchased Elemica in June 2016.