Viking Project Logistics

John Deere | February 24, 2020

John Deere predicts it will spend $40 million on expedited freight to ensure no disruption in supply of components manufactured in China related to COVID-19, said CFO Ryan Campbell on the company's Friday earnings call. Apart from the global shakeup of COVID-19, an illness in the coronavirus family, John Deere executives said the U.S. agricultural economy shows signs of stabilization in light of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement passage and the phase one trade deal with China. Still, Deere do...

SUPPLY CHAIN

Project44, ClearMetal | May 31, 2021

Today project44 announced that it would acquire San Francisco-based ClearMetal, a market leader in international supply chain visibility and predictive analytics for enterprises. ClearMetal’s patented artificial intelligence (AI) enables organizations to optimize their supply chains and provides customers with easy access to trusted, live information about their orders and shipments. project44’s acquisition of ClearMetal is that the latest growth milestone preceded by building on tre...

LOGISTICS

Awake.AI | February 16, 2021

The Finnish start-up Awake.AI is orchestrate its platform improvement by introducing a 'marketplace' solution orchestrate complex shipping and port transactions. In November 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded Awake.AI funding to conduct the project Commander which will develop and pilot the Awake platform and introduce 'Awake marketplace'. Awake.AI's platform is currently utilized for savvy ports and shipping tasks by various actors, for example, por...

LOGISTICS

DSI Logistics | April 27, 2021

Argosy Private Equity, a lower center market private value firm, today declared the offer of DSI Logistics Holding, LLC to Pilot Freight Services. Established in 1997, DSI is a non-resource-based outsider coordination firm that has some expertise in white-glove, "last-mile" home conveyance, and appropriation administrations for retailers across the country. DSI is centered around hard merchandise classifications including home goods, sleeping cushions, gadgets, and machi...