PGL (Perimeter Global Logistics)

Coles | February 18, 2020

Uncertainty over equipment delays coming out of China. Australian grocery and liquor giant Coles has cautioned that its giant supply chain transformation could be hit by equipment delivery delays because the coronavirus in China, though the digitally-powered transformation slated to shave $1 billion is still officially on track – for the time being. Speaking to Coles’ 2020 half-year results, chief financial officer Leah Weckert said that while Coles had “further progressed paym...

Tesla | March 31, 2020

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the automaker has ventilators and it is going to use its logistic network to deliver them to hospitals for free. Several hospitals in the US are finding themselves in need of ventilators to help save patients who are more badly affected by the coronavirus. In previous comments over the last month, Musk has been skeptical that there’s going to be a need for more ventilators. The CEO believes that we “may have passed the inflection point for US cases ...

Supply Chain

prnewswire | May 26, 2023

Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic today announced personalized risk profiling, available as part of its Cosmic Frog supply chain network design solution. Cosmic Frog is the fastest network design solution and provides a risk score on every scenario to help companies proactively minimize risk and volatility. The OptiRisk score is calculated based on weights of different risk components. With the new personalized risk profiling feature, businesses can create customize...

Software and Technology

prnewswire | April 24, 2023

Baxter Planning, the leading provider of Service Parts Management technology, today announced a five-year agreement with IBM to deploy its Predictive Service Supply Chain solution to drive additional optimization throughout IBM's industry-leading global Service Supply Chain. Baxter Planning's cloud-based solution will replace commercial and legacy IT systems enabling IBM to optimize, automate, and monitor their service parts inventory. This will empower IBM to dramatically...