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DHL Supply Chain’s Digital Transformation in the Warehouse

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced its plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its North American facilities. Much of the benefit obtained from these AGVs in from inventory accuracy achieved through accurate inventory location ID and precise alignment for pallet load movements. Robotic Arms – Trailer Unloading.

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ToolsGroup Acquires Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management Business

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (Nov 8, 2021) – ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Mi9 Retail’s Demand Management business. Mi9 acquired this division through its acquisition of JustEnough Software in 2018. Accel-KKR initially invested in ToolsGroup in 2018. .

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Driver pay has surged so far in 2018, NTI reports, with gains expected to continue (CCJ). At the Descartes Evolution 2018 conference in March, Mark Holifield, Home Depot’s Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Product Development, discussed how the retailer is investing $1.2 Supreme Court Turns Aside J.B. Which stage are you in?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. Maybe try Boston next? When in-transit shipping time began to improve quickly, Nike CFO Matthew Friend said, it led to swelling inventories.”

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ToolsGroup Promotes Mauro Adorno to Managing Director of Europe

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (July 30, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in service-driven supply chain planning software, has promoted Mauro Adorno to managing director of Europe. Adorno steps into this elevated leadership role at a time of accelerated expansion for ToolsGroup, with double-digit growth in multiple regions in 2018.

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Seeing the Future with Predictive Analytics

Enterra Insights

4] He explains, “Twenty years ago, Boston Consulting Group’s Harold Sirkin warned that competition is no longer ‘company versus company but supply chain versus supply chain,’ signaling a new era of supply chain relevance. Inventory optimization. Retailers are always looking to maximize both sales and profits.

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Allopneus.com Optimizes Inventory and Improves Competitiveness with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. million tires in 2018 – equating to around 10% of the market. million tires in 2018 – equating to around 10% of the market. Inventory management is the key.