Ekart has launched B2B air and surface transportation solutions for businesses in India. The Flipkart Group-owned supply chain network can now move goods throughout India for brands, manufacturers and retailers, using 21 airports and a fleet of over 7,000 trucks, Ekart said in a Monday...
In 1956, U.S. businessman Malcolm McLean was granted a patent for his intermodal shipping container. Today, tens of millions of shipping containers provide the critical capacity for much of the world’s transport needs. The supply chain and logistics sector, as well as the industrial economy...
Cart.com has raised $60 million in a funding round that values the company at $1.2 billion. The commerce and logistics solutions company announced the Series C funding round Tuesday (June 27), saying it would use the financing to boost its international expansion and meet increased demand from...
Transfix and Highway have integrated their solutions for the trucking industry. With their new partnership, Highway’s Carrier Identity Engine will be integrated into the Transfix Carrier App, increasing the transparency and efficiency of the app’s carrier compliance and onboarding processes, the companies said in a Tuesday (May 23) press...
Osa Commerce and Windward have partnered to provide greater supply chain visibility. The partnership will provide brands, retailers, and their third-party logistics (3PL) and fourth-party logistics (4PL) partners with data that will help them monitor shipments in real-time, identify anticipated disruptions and optimize their operations...
Today’s modern and increasingly digital landscape is transforming even the most traditional industries. Including historically relationship-based sectors like shipping and logistics that are riddled with legacy processes and entrenched familial partnerships. “The rapid speed of technical adoption over just the past seven years has been...
Oracle has added artificial intelligence (AI) and automation capabilities to its supply chain management platform. The Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Management (SCM) & Manufacturing now includes new planning, usage-based pricing and rebate management capabilities, the company said in a Wednesday (April 19) press release. “Part of Oracle Fusion...
The supply chain nightmares of 2021 and 2022 are fading, in large part due to payments modernization undertaken since those dark days to make sure we don’t see a repeat. This is analyzed in the study “Digital Payments: Modernizing Procurement Processes,” a PYMNTS and Corcentric...
LevaData has made it easier for clients to track spending and lead time. The supply management firm has updated its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that lets customers get deeper insights “down to the parts and ingredients level,” LevaData announced in a news release Monday (April...