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Lowe’s | January 24, 2020

As part of its growth strategy, the home improvement retailer is also improving its ecommerce platform, including its LowesForPros.com site for professional contractors. Home improvements chain retailer Lowe’s Cos. Inc. is investing $1.7 billion over the next five years to modernize its supply chain with digital technology. Lowe’s is overhauling its ecommerce platform and adding in some new B2B ecommerce tools for procurement managers. Late last month, Lowe’s, which generates a...

Advanced Mobility Collective | February 26, 2020

The Advanced Mobility Collective, a new community for collaboration to bring new mobility services to life, launched today with WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Cherokee Nation Business and The Stone Agency as founding partners. The Collective is a nonprofit global community of business, technology, government and research partners. The community is a catalyst for innovation and economic development for connected and autonomous vehicles in the air and on the ground. Areas of collaboration include...

SUPPLY CHAIN

SCApath, Spinnaker | March 31, 2021

SCApath LLC and Spinnaker SCS LLC announced today the unification of their supply chain consultancy companies, as well as an investment from Black Lake Capital and Source Capital to boost potential expansion. Spinnaker, which focuses on Supply Chain Strategy and Planning, and SCApath, which focuses on Supply Chain Execution and Omnichannel Fulfillment, provide complementary services that, when integrated, can assist customers in addressing a wider range of supply chain issues and opportunities. ...

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...