Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation

Supply Chain Dive | February 19, 2020

China is experiencing a shortage of truck drivers as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine, Hapag-Lloyd reported Wednesday. Offices in China, other than its Wuhan location, are open along with all of its terminals and depots. There is also a limited supply of reefer plugs in China's ports, resulting in congestion and a lack of availability COSCO Shipping said in a service alert last week. Ocean carriers are continuing to blank sailings between the U.S. and China with MSC announcin...

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Descartes Systems Group | May 05, 2022

Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Minnesota-based G&S Logistics is digitizing its freight brokerage operations to support aggressive growth plans with the integrated deployment of the cloud-based Descartes Aljex™ transportation management system (TMS) and Descartes MacroPoint™ for real-time freight visibility and load tracking. "With aggressive...

Accenture | February 18, 2020

Accenture has today announced it has acquired Icon Integration, a privately held Australian technology consultancy that provides SAP digital supply chain solutions and services as well as specialised business intelligence (BI) solutions to clients across Australia and New Zealand. This acquisition will boost Accenture’s growing technology practice and number of SAP professionals in the region. Icon Integration works with some of the regions’ largest retail, consumer goods and governm...

6 River Systems | September 29, 2020

Adoption of smart robotics has accelerated this year, driving sophisticated automation in various environments. Introducing Internet of Things (IoT) functionality to robots isn’t new, however. In 2014, ABI Research introduced the concept of the Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT). The term described intelligent devices that can monitor events going on around them, integrate various sensor data types, use local and distributed intelligence to determine the best courses of action before manipu...