Container and Packaging

SacRT | January 13, 2020

Uber and Lyft are about to get some competition from an on-demand public transit system in Sacramento, California. Via has teamed up with the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to create what they call the largest “microtransit system” in America. That’s heartening to hear for me, as I grew up in Sacramento and used to ride buses all over town in my youth. It means that the public will be able to hail rides from apps and the city’s public transportation departme...

Business Wire | March 10, 2020

SpendEdge, a leading provider of procurement market intelligence solutions, has announced the completion of their latest article on top supply chain management challenges facing companies in the food and beverage industry. Companies in the food and beverage industry face a plethora of logistics and supply chain management challenges. The volatile commodity prices, regulatory norms, new entrants in the market, and complex manufacturing constraints further add to the woes of the company. Such chal...

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CH Robinson | January 13, 2021

C.H. Robinson and SAS are partnering to unite their current tools with the objective of joining request arranging and transportation procurement at CPG retailers and producers, the organizations reported Tuesday in an official statement. C.H. Robinson has heard client protests that the way toward utilizing a yearly offered measure for freight procurement can bring about transportation gets that gotten obsolete as request designs move, said C.H. Robinson Chief Commercial Officer Ch...

project44 | January 15, 2020

Chicago-based project44, a technology services provider offering standardized, secure Web service API (application programming interfaces) integrations enabling 3PLs and shippers to connect with carriers in real time said this week it is partnering up with global technology titan IBM in a meshing of precise transportation data and AI (artificial intelligence) capabilities geared towards overcoming logistics challenges and improving customer experience. This pairing is part of a larger partnershi...