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Schneider Electric | May 20, 2020

Gartner, Inc. has released the results from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices. "In our 16th edition of the Supply Chain Top 25 we have an impressive group of leaders with new lessons to share, including a diverse set of six new entrants," said Mike Griswold, vice president analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain practice. "With substantial amounts of the economy closed due the COVID-19 pandemic, lead...

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Cleo Integration Cloud | February 15, 2021

Cleo, the worldwide ecosystem integration category leader, serves more than 500 logistics and transportation businesses including truckload, LTL, multimodal, freight brokerage and 3PL providers with its Cleo Integration Cloud (CIC) for Logistics and Transportation solution. Industry-leading companies depend on Cleo for its single-platform solution, yet in addition for its demonstrated capacity to automate core cycles related with satisfaction, (such as eliminating manual intervent...

Supply Chain Dive | May 28, 2020

The future of last-mile logistics could be a hybrid truck and drone model, but there are significant regulatory barriers keeping it from becoming a reality in the near future, according to a paper published May 16 by Matthias Winkenbach, the director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's (MIT) Megacity Logistics Lab, and Farri Gaba, a research assistant at the university.Deploying drones on traditional delivery vehicles would allow parcels to be distributed simultaneously. The dr...

American Eagle | June 08, 2020

American Eagle Outfitters accelerated its plans to open two third-party managed fulfillment hubs outside Boston and Atlanta in the first quarter, COO Michael Rempell told analysts on a Wednesday earnings call.The company fast-tracked the plan as e-commerce orders increased after it closed all stores in mid-March. Though total revenue decreased 38% year over year in the quarter (ending May 2), online orders increased 33%, with much of the boost coming in April. "We had planned to do th...