As businesses across industries struggle with supply chain challenges, small, independent players tend to be hit hard. Leveraging its scale to create an additional revenue stream by offering a solution to those struggling in this respect, grocery giant The Kroger Co., parent company of not...
The global wholesale sector is expected to experience significant growth by the end of 2022, but late payments continue to be an issue that continually leads to cash flow problems. As supply chain needs have shifted, more companies have also turned to digital channels for...
Outsourced CFO service provider Amplēo has teamed up with VenConnect, a vendor and supplier payments platform, to improve supply chain finance for companies in Utah and the Rocky Mountain states. As part of the arrangement, which was announced in a news release Tuesday (March 29), Amplēo...
Digital supply chain platform Blue Yonder and data cloud company Snowflake are collaborating to improve access to supply chain data, according to a Tuesday (March 29) press release. Blue Yonder’s Luminate Platform, Powered by Snowflake, is an end-to-end supply chain solution that allows retailers, manufacturers...
Supply chains are the links that underpin commerce, from the single click of an online “buy” button to the doorstep delivery. Along the way, after the purchase is made, there’s an intricate web between shippers and carriers at work — along logistics routes that match...
It can be a major inconvenience when a favorite product is out of stock at a store, especially when it happens on a regular basis. For small retail store owners across the informal and fragmented retail markets in Africa, however, running out of product stock...
Business-to-business (B2B) wholesale eCommerce has been gaining traction in recent years, with the emergence of a growing number of online marketplaces that are helping retailers save time and resources when buying goods in bulk. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, market fragmentation...
Global supply chain solutions company AIT Worldwide Logistics recently relocated its Cincinnati-area transportation logistics team to a larger location to accommodate the company’s growth, according to a company press release Monday (March 14). “This new facility enhances our ability to serve customers more efficiently,” said...
Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive says that if it weren’t for the global supply chain constraints, it could be producing 50,000 vehicles in 2022. Instead, due to those challenges, it expects to produce 25,000 vehicles this year. Production is being limited by a shortage of...