productExtreme working conditions
A look back at the extreme heat of 2022 and the importance of designed-to-last, fit-for-purpose rugged devices, from Keshny Naidu.
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productHugo Boss commits to global RFID rollout
THE PREMIUM retailer has selected Nedap’s iD Cloud platform. The objective of this collaboration is to create supply chain visibility, improve merchandise availability and, in turn, boost the omnichannel shopping experience.
newsM&S seeks to drive down road miles
DIGITAL FREIGHT business, DigiHaul, is working with the retailer to reduce logistics-related emissions by bringing down empty running and improving network visibility.
productDigital transformation for global tea leader
THE LARGEST tea company in the world will use Kinaxis’ concurrent planning technique to manage its supply chain.
productVisibility on Scope 3 emissions
PROJECT44 HAS launched supply chain platform Movement by project44, a platform that is said to offer greater supply chain transparency and collaboration.
productTive launches new Tive Tag temperature logging label
Imagine a cloud-enabled temperature logger, in the form of a thin, flexible shipping label, and at half the cost of a conventional logger. Now make it last for a year, design it to be reused trip after trip during that year, and then give it a non-Lithium earth-friendly battery. Introducing the Tive Tag. It’s like a shipping label – just one that has an incredible amount of tech embedded inside.
productSports retailer Decathlon cuts road freight admin
ZEUS LABS, which is disrupting the freight industry with its next-generation digital solutions, has teamed up with Decathlon to help handle its UK freight. The partnership means that Zeus now handles nearly half of all the retailer’s restocking in the UK. Decathlon has 70 sites across the UK.
productClipper Logistics makes investment in transparency
THE 3PL has partnered with Segura, a platform for supply chain mapping and visualisation that will allow Clipper to proactively monitor the performance of its suppliers within key sustainability and governance pillars, within a multi-tiered supply chain.
producte-Customs solution boosts profitability
DESCARTES SYSTEMS Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, has helped Farsound Aviation, a prominent service provider for the world’s aerospace industry, to improve its profitability by automating compliance with UK/EU customs regulations with the Descartes e-Customs filing solution.
newsMPO bought by Kinaxis for $45 million
KINAXIS HAS acquired MPO, a European headquartered company that offers a unified global cloud-based SaaS platform for multi party orchestration of orders, inventory and transport.
articleSignificantly simplified exchange
Online retailer MYCS has simplified the connection to logistics service providers with the Codept logistics platform.
articleOptimise inventory levels
Identifying problems in the inventory data stream can improve inventory management and forecast accuracy for retailers, says Relex Solutions.
productKörber acquires Enspire Commerce platform
THE INTRALOGISTICS firm has signed a definitive agreement to purchase enVista’s Enspire Commerce platform and its Freight Audit and Payment (FAP) service.
productContract packer invests in digitalisation
NULOGY’S FLEXIBLE cloud-based software has been chosen by contract packer Glowcroft as the platform to enhance the business’s agility and responsiveness to its FMCG customers.
productSurvey: Disruption forcing larger enterprises to hold more stock
TWO THIRDS (66%) of large enterprises globally say they are keeping more stock on hand now compared to the pre-pandemic period, with nearly one in five in total (18%) retaining ‘significantly more’ stock.
articleCan AI tackle the headache of inventory management?
The ongoing issues with global supply chains have forced businesses to reconsider their supply chain strategies to help better plan their inventories, says Jean-Baptiste Clouard.
articleRising tide of returns
Fast fashion online enjoyed a boom during the pandemic but 2022 has been a tougher year, with returns causing particular headaches.
newsCarlsberg seeks to transform supply chain capability
THE MAJOR international brewer has selected Kinaxis to harmonise planning across its global operations.
articlePallet network boosts forklift sensors
PALLETWAYS GROUP has launched Palletways ID, a forklift truck-mounted sensor technology, which aims to make existing standalone pallet assessment and measuring technology obsolete, as it combines four key data measurements in one go.
productReal-time insights for ports
WITH OCEAN logistics in turmoil, project44 introduces real-time insights on all the ports in the world dramatically expanding its ocean visibility offering.
