Fred. Olsen

SUPPLY CHAIN

Galvanize | November 17, 2021

Galvanize – a subsidiary of Stride, Inc.– has announced a partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the combat logistics support agency responsible for the global supply chain of the U.S. military worldwide. As one of the nation’s leading providers of software engineering and data science training, Galvanize will train DLA personnel in Data Analytics and Data Science in support of DLA’s digital business transformation to become a more data-literate organization...

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...

Supply Chain Dive | June 10, 2020

Manufacturers and suppliers are taking a second look at digital transformation as they strive to operate in the new uncertainty of COVID-19. While they previously looked to technologies such as data, IoT, robotics and analytics to drive efficiency, they’re now viewing them as a means to increase resiliency in disruptive times."COVID-19 is vastly accelerating digital transformation," Mary Long, director of the Supply Chain Forum at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, told...

SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY

Warehowz | October 06, 2021

Warehowz, a cloud-based, on-demand warehousing marketplace, has launched a new self-service solution that enables businesses to find affordable, flexible warehouse space in as little as 24 hours. Warehowz's enhanced capabilities automatically match businesses in need of storage and fulfillment solutions with available space in over 1,500 warehouses throughout North America. "Our solution allows businesses to find and contract with a quality warehouse in the ...