ToolsGroup

APRIL 29, 2025

Next generation prediction algorithms excel at preventing business disruption and optimizing the supply chain for Central American food distribution logistics BOSTON April 29, 2025 ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, will be in attendance at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium|Xpo , taking place May 19-21 in (..)

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2022

Last week, for example, DHL Supply Chain announced “a $15 million investment in robotics solutions from Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, to further automate warehousing in North America.” Every day, every month, every year, there are more robots in the warehouse.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2024

Winters in Boston are not what they used to be. Not too much, about 4 inches. Two days later, more than 2 inches of rain fell, as the temperature climbed above 50F. Snow is all gone, just mud and puddles left behind.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

July in Florida, not in Boston. My kids did not inherit the Cuban gene for heat and humidity resistance. The calendar says it’s September, but it feels more like July outside. It’s been in the mid 90s this week, with humidity in the tropical zone. I didn’t grow up with air conditioning.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2024

It’s a quiet and rainy Friday morning here in Boston. I’ve been staring at the blinking cursor on my computer screen for some time, but very few words are coming to me. more blinking) Ok, enough. Here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Since many people are out of.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

The Boston Marathon is considered one of the worlds “ Big 5 ” marathons. mile journey, with a particularly large crowd in downtown Boston. The 127th running of the Boston Marathon took place on Monday. Spectators line the sides of the 26.2 The Red Sox home game begins early on that day, adding to the crowds downtown.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 17, 2021

Prior to co-founding Neurala , Dr. Versace co-founded the Boston University Neuromorphics Lab, and worked with government organizations such as DARPA and NASA to develop AI with the ability to learn in real-time, at the edge, and free of traditional constraints of computational hardware. About Neurala.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Being a native Bostonian, I have watched many of the videos highlighting Boston Dynamics robots in the form of a human or dog, climbing stairs, opening doors, etc. DHL has been working with Boston Dynamics to refine this solution for trailer unloading.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 13, 2020

Over the past few days, the NBA, NHL, and MLS have suspended their seasons, MLB is postponing spring training and the start of the season, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments have been canceled, the BAA has postponed the Boston marathon until September, most conferences have been canceled or postponed, multiple states have […].

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

20-year industry veteran brings deep technical expertise and leadership to guide ToolsGroups next phase of growth BOSTON February 4, 2025 ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain and retail planning and optimization software, today announced the appointment of Sean Elliott as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Leading Italian Tire Distributor Aims to Enhance Demand Forecasting, Inventory Management, and Customer Service MILAN and BOSTON — November 19, 2024 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been chosen by Ciavarella Pneumatici, one of Italy’s premier B2B tire distributors, to enhance its (..)

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Company earns top ratings for technology excellence and customer impact in the 2024 SPARK Matrix™ for Retail Forecasting and Replenishment and the 2024 SPARK Matrix™ for Global Supply Chain Inventory Optimization Boston—November 12, 2024 — ToolsGroup , a leading provider of retail and supply chain planning solutions, has been named the technology (..)

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

BOSTON February 3, 2025 ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and retail optimization software, today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Spare Parts/MRO Industries 2024 Vendor Assessment (Doc ID #US51541424, December 2024).

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ToolsGroup

MAY 13, 2019

BOSTON (May 13, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, announced today that David Barton has joined ToolsGroup as the new general manager of North America. Barton will work from ToolsGroup’s Boston headquarters.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2022

I drove my car underwater this morning, in a tunnel beneath Boston Harbor, to pick up my son coming downfrom 30,000 feet in the sky. Ordinary life can be so amazing when you press the brakes and think about it. — In this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Containers Stack Up at China’s Ports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2020

One hundred and one years ago Wednesday, a bizarre disaster struck the city of Boston: the Great Molasses Flood. The disaster has also been known as Boston Molasses Disaster, the Great Boston Molasses Flood, or, in a clever play on words, the Boston Molassacre. In the North End, a storage tank filled with 2.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 5, 2023

What role do you believe KIVA played in Boston becoming the robotics hub that it is today? MARK: Kiva was absolutely fundamental to the germination of the robotics community in Boston.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Marc is the Co-founder and CEO of Fishtail, a Boston based fintech company that empowers freight forwarders to finance the movement and procurement of goods – for small and medium businesses (SMBs) around the world. Marc Held and Joe Lynch discuss the Fishtail story. About Marc Held. Key Takeaways: The Fishtail Story.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts report, “A recent BCG survey found that nearly three-quarters of senior executives have confidence in their companys strategic risk management capabilities. ” Boston Consulting Group, 1 October 2024. [3] Today, AI can help sharp minds deal with strategic risks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2020

It’s an interesting and unsettling time to be a Boston sports fan. As I’ve noted on here a number of times, we are living in an era of winning that is unprecedented. Every Big 4 team has won at least 1 championship over the last 20 years and the cumulative sits 12.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2020

A little over a year and a half ago I saw Hamilton in Boston. The show was incredible, but I always wondered if I missed out by not seeing the original cast on Broadway. When I initially heard that Hamilton was set to hit the big screen in 2021 with a filmed performance by the original cast, I was pretty excited.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

I was hoping that my news roundup would lead off with a comment about Boston sports going two for two in the playoffs. So now I wait until tomorrow night to see if Boston sports really went two for two. After Wednesday night’s blowout of the Miami Heat, the Celtics won their opening round series and had me in a good spot.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 4, 2025

During Tulips recent Operations Calling conference, Heatherly Bucher, Director of Strategic Alliances at Arena by PTC, convened with Chad Wright, Chief Information Officer at Boston Dynamics, and Todd Fuller, Solution Architect at Rootstock, to discuss effective approaches for constructing a tech stack that fosters innovation and efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2024

The frontier of AI strengths Recognizing this challenge, last fall leading academics from Harvard Business School, Wharton, MIT and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) published an illuminating paper, which they artfully named “ Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier.” Lincoln understood the need to make people powerful.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

Woodsum holds a master’s degree in communications from Emerson College and was formerly an adjunct lecturer at Boston University’s School of Communications. She lives in the Boston area. The post How Supply Chain Leaders Make Sustainability Their Core Mission appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 28, 2023

BOSTON – August 3, 2023 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce it has been named among ten Notable Vendors included in Gartner’s Midmarket Context: Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions (July 2023).

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

QUINCY, MA – NOV 4 , 2024 – FreightPlus, a leading provider of managed transportation services, is proud to announce that it has been named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts for 2024 by The Women’s Edge and the Boston Globe Magazine.

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Kinaxis

MAY 6, 2019

Converse shoe display, Converse headquarter's lobby, Boston, MA. « ‹ 1 of 3 › ». The event was a great way to reflect on the strides we have made for gender equality to close the supply chain gender gap, as well as realize that there is still so much to do; the women’s movement did not end in the 60s with our mothers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

On Wednesday morning in Boston, we woke up to temperatures hovering around 18 degrees, with a wind chill of 5. Earlier this week, an arctic blast swept the eastern two-thirds of the country, plunging temperatures below freezing, breaking hundreds of cold temperature records. The cold snap […].

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2021

As reported by Petra Sorge and William Boston in the Wall Street Journal in March 2021 (“Germany to Make Firms Responsible for Policing Abuses by Global Suppliers”): Germany is set to force companies to screen suppliers for environmental violations and human-rights abuses, such as illegal mining and child labor…Under the bill, any company based (..)

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 25, 2022

BOSTON – (August 25, 2022) ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been named a leader in the Quadrant Solutions SPARK Matrix™ for Global Supply Chain Inventory Optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I was able to attend for a day due to my proximity to the Boston conference center in which it was held. The Association for Advancing Automation hosted the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Week (Co-located with the Vision Show), October 10-13.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 11, 2022

Leaders surveyed in third annual ToolsGroup and CSCMP report are “extremely concerned” about external supply chain threats but lack people to make transformation succeed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Maybe try Boston next? 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. I gotta admit, I’m intrigued. This is the first of four next-generation FCs announced by Walmart earlier this year.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2019

BOSTON, June 11, 2019 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, today shared details of its participation in the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, taking place June 17-19 in Barcelona. MANN+HUMMEL to Present How It Partnered with ToolsGroup to Increase Fill Rate and Cut Inventory.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

ToolsGroup’s latest acquisition delivers quantum learning and advanced prescriptive analytics to strengthen its pricing, promotion, and inventory optimization solutions BOSTON and LONDON – September 27, 2023 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, announced today the acquisition of Evo , a provider (..)

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As a Boston fan, Tom Brady forever changed my sports landscape. The Boston sports landscape shifted after that first Super Bowl and became the city of champions, with 12 total championships (6 by the Patriots, 4 by the Red Sox, and 1 each by the Celtics and Bruins). This time, however, he says it is for good.

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