Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé SA is involved in a project to trial the use of blockchain technology. The key aim is to improve the transparency of the worldwide food-ingredient supply chain, and hence to strengthen …
Amazon has been busy lately. After entering the grocery delivery market with Amazon Fresh and buying Whole Foods, it is now in the process of launching its own supermarket, Amazon Go. These moves have many wondering if …
Given today’s volatile and ever-changing environment, the gap between the necessary and the actual Supply Chain competencies is rapidly increasing for a large majority of companies. Therefore, many companies fail to deliver the right value …
Logistics problems at the Swedish fashion retailer H&M contributed to a 22 percent drop in net profit in the second quarter of this year. H&M’s profit has now fallen for four consecutive quarters. Another factor is …
Everysens is a supply chain optimization platform intended for asset-intensive industries. The start-up harnesses the power of IoT, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to boost assets’ fleet performance for small businesses and very large …
Founded in Paris, France, in 2014, Shippeo is a real-time transport visibility platform providing shippers, carriers and logistics providers with instant access to predictive and real-time information about all deliveries. Based on a self-learning, proprietary …
A key characteristic of integrated business planning (IBP) is the involvement of the financial director in the monthly planning cycle. Sometimes, the financial director may even be the initiator of an integrated planning approach – …
JDA Software Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end retail and supply chain solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Yonder, the market leader in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for retail. This acquisition reflects the increasing …
Scania recently won the Greener Supply Chain Award for its environmentally friendly transport operations in Germany and the Benelux countries. The prize was presented at the first-ever Automotive Logistics Awards ceremony, which was held on …
In late June 2018, Magnitude Software, Inc., a leader in delivering unified application data management to global organizations across industries, announced the acquisition of Every Angle Software Solutions, a business analytics and reporting specialist that …
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