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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Freightos unveils beta launch of international freight price index (American Shipper). Giant Warehouses Built at Rapid Pace in Fourth Quarter While Tenant Interest Declined (WSJ – sub.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities. McLeod Software Unveils New Business Process Automation Solutions for Logistics Companies. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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Last-Mile Technology Comes of Age

Cathy Roberson

The sudden shift to purchasing goods online in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, caught shippers and last-mile carriers off guard. “We work with TMS providers as well as with shippers by providing such solutions as parcel rate comparison to optimize the last mile” Catania said in a recent interview.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech December 13 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Updates included in this edition include: Coupa Software Entering Definitive Agreement to be Acquired. Coupa Software Enters Definitive Agreement to be Acquired. Supply Chain Matters readers may recall that Coupa Software acquired supply chain design and analytics technology provider Llamasoft for a purchase price of approximately $1.5

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This Week in Logistics News (June 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Hyundai acquires high-profile robotics firm Boston Dynamics. ShipHero provides a warehouse management software-as-a-service platform as well as outsourced fulfillment services for Shopify and Amazon merchants. Embark provides software and associated services to power self-driving trucks. Embark Trucks to go public via $5.2

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6 Things to Consider as You Plan Your 2016 Budget

Talking Logistics

ports will compete for customers, especially in 2018 and 2019 when the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) contracts will be renegotiated. In my opinion, there will be more than one way to procure capacity, rates, and services for the 2016-2017 season.

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