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Flexport Acquires Convoy’s Core Technology

Supply Chain Matters

After reports last week indicating that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy was preparing for a possible sale or winding down of business operations there are indications that freight logistics platform provider Flexport will be the acquirer of Convoy’s underlying technology.

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Way More Than Visibility with Adam Compain

The Logistics of Logistics

Adam Compain is the Founder & CEO of ClearMetal, a software company that specializes in international freight visibility, dynamic planning, and customer experience. Adam has appeared on Bloomberg TV and on the cover of American Shipper as “the changing face of ocean freight.” ClearMetal is based in San Francisco, CA.

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Is Hyperloop the Next Great Supply Chain Technology?

Kinaxis

The proposed first route between Los Angeles and San Francisco would cut travel times from 4 hours to 35 minutes. The idea of tubes whisking freight across the land at near-supersonic speeds smacks of an old-school image of the future. 1126km / h).

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

This start-up was founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, both of whom had backgrounds at Uber Freight and decided to tackle the massive problem of building a new structure for the legacy freight payment system that supports the global supply chain. Each relationship adds risks like data security, privacy, and fraud.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! It offers a finely tuned supply chain, with experienced suppliers, that will design, prototype, build and ship products at a fraction of the time it takes elsewhere. Introduction. Where Do I Start?

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The Impact of Collaborative TMS on Supply Chains Bottom Line

Turvo

Because of rising global competition and shrinking profit margins, most multinational companies operate through a worldwide sourcing and a global supply chain (GSC) to maintain market share and increase profitability. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India.

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How Product Design Impacts the Supply Chain

Logichain Solutions

A product might be attractive for customers but drive unnecessary supply chain costs because of the impact the product design has on sourcing, packaging, production, warehousing and transportation. The number of materials in a product and from where these materials are sourced have big impacts on the supply chain costs. Transportation.