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Arrive Logistics | February 02, 2022

Arrive Logistics, a multimodal transportation and technology company, announced today that it has acquired Forager Group's cross-border business and proprietary platform. The acquisition enables Arrive to strengthen its cross-border services and technology offerings in Canada and Mexico, further executing the company's strategy to expand its service portfolio. Forager Group's team of cross-border specialists and industry leading technology are exc...

Nike | March 06, 2020

The Chain Integration Pilot (CHIP) of the Auburn University RFID Lab in Alabama has published a proof-of-concept whitepaper that seeks to demonstrate the efficiency savings blockchain technology can unlock across the contemporary supply chain. The proof-of-concept was designed to ingest, encode, distribute, and store serialized data from multiple points throughout the supply chain on Hyperledger Fabric. The pilot collected live data from brands Nike, PVH Corp., and Herman Kay, and major United S...

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Gatik | February 19, 2021

Gatik, an autonomous technology company specializing in B2B short-haul logistics, announced its electrification strategy with the introduction of the industry’s first electric box trucks equipped with autonomous technology, the company said on Feb. 17. The first of these new trucks are on Ford Transit 350 HD chassis with an electric powertrain from Via Motors Inc. The initial three will deploy for Walmart in New Orleans in February. Gatik will proceed with autonomous routes ...

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...