Cikarang Dry Port

LOGISTICS

GEP | October 21, 2021

GEP®, a leading provider of procurement and supply chain strategy, software and managed services to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide, announced today that AXA GULF -- one of the largest international insurance players in the GCC -- has selected GEP SMART™, the industry's leading procurement software platform, following a competitive selection process. GEP SMART™ will enable AXA GULF to manage its sourcing, contracting and supplier management. H...

DC Velocity | March 16, 2020

Warehouse fulfillment automation vendor Locus Robotics will roll out a swarm of 1,000 of its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in a broad deal with third party logistics provider (3PL) DHL Supply Chain in 2020, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement marks a significant expansion of Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Locus’ existing relationship with DHL. That initial trial had focused on the life sciences and retail sectors, and delivered up to 80% fulfillment productivity increases in ...

SUPPLY CHAIN

Avetta | April 05, 2021

Avetta®, the leading provider of supply chain risk management software, is expanding Avetta ConnectTM with an intelligent supplier classification tool to better match various supplier categories to the protection and qualification criteria for the work they do. The new process, which will be available in early April, streamlines supplier onboarding while still adding more service levels, making it a better match for a larger variety of suppliers. “The Avetta Connect plat...

The Times of Israel | February 23, 2020

Sea freight transport, the lifeblood of trade and a bellwether of the global economy, has been blown off course by the new coronavirus, sparking general alarm. As analysts pore over charts to gauge just how badly Chinese mega-factories have been hit, figures provided by cargo ship traffic paint a gloomy picture. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) reflects the daily price of moving goods such as coal, rice and wheat along routes deemed representative of the global market. Some call it the canary in the c...