Institute for Supply Management - Carolinas-Virginia

Blume Global | March 02, 2020

Blume Global, a leader in global logistics and digital supply chain solutions, today announced that Matson Logistics, a provider of supply chain services and a subsidiary of Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), has selected Blume Assets to increase visibility, and optimize utilization for its fleet of more than 700, 53-foot intermodal containers. Matson Logistics provides highway and intermodal service to many of the world's best-known companies and brands, moving thousands of shipments of inbound mat...

Logistics

Bolt | November 09, 2021

Bolt Logistics (“Bolt”), a leading Canadian technology-enabled logistics and last-mile delivery provider, is proud to announce it has raised CAD $115 million in financing, bringing the total funds raised by the company to date to more than $150 million. The investment was led by new investors Yaletown Partners, with participation from Ingka Investments (the investment arm of Ingka Group, the main IKEA retailer), Northleaf Capital Partners, Bank of Montreal, and Kensington Capital, an...

Tech Wire Asia | March 05, 2020

From using drones to deliver medical supplies to using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to guide clinical decision making, the healthcare industry has made great strides in leveraging cutting-edge technology in efforts to ultimately save or improve people’s lives. One recent example of the use of technology in the industry is Melbourne Health Logistics (MHL)’s Supplier Improvement Pilot Project. The project involved 10 Australia-based small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and aimed to addre...

Supply Chain

FourKites | September 01, 2021

FourKites®, the world’s leading real-time supply chain visibility platform, has released powerful new capabilities designed to help shippers, carriers and forwarders more quickly and easily collaborate to increase end customer satisfaction, reduce supply chain costs and increase on-time delivery performance. With ever-increasing demand, supply chain visibility has become table stakes for modern supply chains, and seamless connection and communication between carriers and shippers has n...