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Lowe’s | January 24, 2020

As part of its growth strategy, the home improvement retailer is also improving its ecommerce platform, including its LowesForPros.com site for professional contractors. Home improvements chain retailer Lowe’s Cos. Inc. is investing $1.7 billion over the next five years to modernize its supply chain with digital technology. Lowe’s is overhauling its ecommerce platform and adding in some new B2B ecommerce tools for procurement managers. Late last month, Lowe’s, which generates a...

Transportation

Aurora Innovation, Inc. | May 19, 2022

Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) and FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced the expansion of their pilot program to autonomously move FedEx shipments on an additional commercial lane in Texas. In March 2022, Aurora's next-generation autonomous trucks – based on the new Peterbilt 579 – began to transport FedEx shipments between Aurora’s new terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso. Aurora is making the 600-mile trip on a weekly basis with safety drivers on board an...

Logistics

Cheetah Software Systems, MercuryGate | April 07, 2021

MercuryGate® International, Inc., the leading provider of dedicated transportation management systems (TMS), announced today the acquisition of logistics optimization pioneer Cheetah Software Systems (Cheetah). The Cheetah acquisition expands MercuryGate's TMS platform to include the last mile, parcel, and less-than-truckload (LTL) solution, as well as an improved fleet management capability that adapts, automates, and communicates movements in real-time. “A dramatic...

Supply Chain

businesswire | May 31, 2023

AFS Logistics a non-asset based, non-asset biased third party logistics (3PL) provider, announces it has been named a top 3PL technology company by Inbound Logistics magazine, with its AFSmart suite recognized as a best-in-class solution. AFSmart Audit, one of the tools that makes up the integrated AFSmart package, is also a CIO 100 award winner, named by CIO.com to its annual list of 100 innovative IT solutions that deliver business value. “Logistics operations face signi...