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PYMNTS.com | May 25, 2020

In a black swan event such as the pandemic, ensuring business continues to flow not only means mitigating volatility of today. For many businesses along the global supply chain, it may also mean introducing changes that will affect how trade is done well into the future, too.In its recent B2B Payments: COVID-19 Impact Report, a collaboration with American Express, PYMNTS digs into some of the most dramatic and immediate shifts within global supply chains as a result of COVID-19. Unsurprisi...

Logistics

Loadsmith and Mastery Logistics | May 12, 2022

Loadsmith, the leading third-party Capacity-as-a-Service (CaaS) logistics platform for shippers and carriers, announced a new partnership with Mastery Logistics that will fuel Loadsmith's transition into the first fully autonomous trucking company.To power its nationwide CaaS platform, Loadsmith will deploy Mastery's MasterMind® cloud-based transportation management system (TMS), creating new freight capacity for shippers, more rewarding driving jobs and supply chain resiliency...

Logistics

GEODIS | August 23, 2022

GEODIS, a world leader in transport and logistics, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the American company, Need It Now Delivers. The acquisition will enable GEODIS to significantly increase its presence in the United States in the areas of contract logistics and last-mile delivery. The acquisition will also consolidate GEODIS's position as one of the world's ten leading logistics providers. "The acquisition of Need It Now Delivers is a...

Hitachi | July 01, 2020

The multi-year strategic alliance will see the two organisations work together to meet the growing demand for predictive maintenance and process automation in remote areas and support enterprises as they tackle the challenges infused by the COVID-19 pandemic.Hitachi will integrate its industry-leading solutions, such as Lumada, and its IoT-ready industrial controllers HX Series, with the Microsoft cloud platform, leveraging Azure, Dynamic 365 and Microsoft 365 to enable businesses to incre...