Supply Chain
prnewswire | August 16, 2023
Roambee, the global real-time supply chain visibility and intelligence provider, is at the forefront of the food industry revolution with its Supply Chain Intelligence Platform. Built on highly accurate sensor data analytics and paired with AI-powered prediction and decision support, Roambee's technology enables companies to predict quality compliance of shipments many days before arrival at distribution centers or at stores, ensuring transparency & efficiency from farm to fork.
Roambee's AI-Powered Supply Chain Intelligence Platform for food cold chains enabled a remarkable transformation for one of the world's largest chocolatiers. Within just 12 months, their cold chain compliance skyrocketed 1.5 times, from 59% to more than 85%. This achievement was made possible by analyzing real-time conditions both inside and outside reefer containers across various lanes throughout the year. Among 93 lanes, Roambee's AI utilized sensor input, including location, temperature, humidity, and more, to identify the top 20 lanes responsible for over 60% of temperature and humidity breaches. By prioritizing investment on premium transport models for these 20 lanes instead of all, the company saved millions of dollars.
Despite global supply chain disruptions in recent years, this chocolatier experienced its highest revenue growth in its 100-year history. The company identified new ways to create a more resilient supply chain that ensure availability of top-quality product on shelf. Using first-hand sensor driven signals the company was able to enhance its ability to deliver 26 million pounds of candy every year without compromising the quality of each delectable treat, detect anomalies in its supply chain operations and better forecast cold chain compliance by lane, by transport partner and season.
"Roambee's cutting-edge technology recognizes the importance of maintaining optimal conditions during the transportation of food and beverages. Beyond the time-sensitive nature of these shipments, the susceptibility to contamination and the need for uncompromised quality are paramount. By providing real-time visibility and intelligent insights into the location and condition of food, Roambee not only enhances quality of delivery in the food industry, but also facilitates traceability, ensuring the origin of the product can be easily determined. Moreover, it fortifies food safety measures, promotes sustainability, and, most importantly, elevates the overall quality of food products," said Sanjay Sharma, CEO of Roambee.
With the increasing complexity and unpredictability of global supply chains, more food producers and suppliers are harnessing AI data to move to an intelligent supply chain to predict fluctuations in supply and demand, and make more effective real-time decisions. Roambee is at the center of this paradigm shift with its AI-powered platform, built on invaluable first-hand information sourced from IoT sensors. Leveraging this wealth of data, Roambee's platform can make KPI predictions that are 100 times more accurate than existing AI solutions in supply chain.
About Roambee
Founded in 2013, Roambeeis a supply chain visibility & intelligence provider enabling on-time, in-full, in-condition delivery of shipments and assets anywhere in the world. 300+ enterprises are improving customer experience, service levels, product quality, order-to-cash cycles, business efficiencies, sustainability, and automating logistics with Roambee's real-time insights & foresights. More than 50 of them are the top 100 global companies in the Pharma, Food, Electronics, Chemicals, Automotive, Packaging & Containers, and Logistics sectors. Roambee's innovative AI-powered platform, and end-to-end monitoring solutions, deliver reliable business signals built on item-level, firsthand IoT sensor data and non-sensor inputs. The outcome is 70% better multimodal ETAs, OTIF deliveries, 80%+ cold chain compliance, and more, including 4X+ ROI on supply chain asset performance.
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Supply Chain
prnewswire | August 22, 2023
CCJ Top 250 Fleet, OnLine Transport Inc., an Indianapolis logistics and truckload company has purchased A/T Transportation and Automated Logistics, Inc based in Ferdinand, Indiana effective August 11, 2023, this marks the second acquisition of 2023, and the sixth acquisition since 2019.
This latest acquisition comes on the heels of Online Transport's acquisitions of Mustang Express and Ormsby Trucking based in El Paso, TX, Pleasant Trucking based in Connellsville, PA, Shoun Trucking based in Bristol, TN, and McCammon Trucking based in Hartford City, IN.
"We are thrilled to welcome the highly-skilled professional drivers and non-driver associates of A/T Transportation into the Online Transport family. We are combining two award-winning fleets to provide world class service and capacity to our shipper partners and provide opportunities for our employees to grow. Having closed our sixth recent acquisition, we will continue the momentum and execution of our plan to become one of the largest asset-based logistics providers headquartered in Indiana. This will require OnLine to continue to pursue strategic acquisitions with other dry and refrigerated freight carriers and logistics providers." OnLine Transport CEO Kalvin Cook.
"The addition of A/T Transportation business is highly synergistic within our existing network, adding capacity, additional logistical services, as well as valuable new customer relationships." OnLine Transport Co-President Nick Pavilonis.
"The integration of a fleet that has been consistently recognized as the Carrier of the Year with MasterBrand Cabinets, with our fleet that was recognized as the 2022 Toyota Carrier of the Year is going to create one of the most highly-skilled truckload companies on the road today." Online Transport Co-President Bob Farrell.
About OnLine Transport Inc
OnLine Transport is a national carrier and logistics company. The Online family of companies also includes asset-based divisions Frontier Transport and W.S. Thomas Transfer. In addition to the asset-based divisions, OnLine operates freight brokerages Online Transport System and Frontier Logistics. The corporate headquarters for OnLine is located in Greenfield, IN with terminals in Hartford City, IN, Logansport, IN, Jeffersonville, IN, Indianapolis, IN, Ferdinand, IN, Georgetown, KY, Knoxville, TN, Bristol, TN, Dublin, VA, Fairmont, WV, El Paso, TX, and Connellsville, PA.
About A/T Transportation
A/T Transportation is an asset-based truckload Company based in Ferdinand, IN. Automated Logistics provides additional logistics solutions including warehousing solutions, freight brokering, and freight consolidation.
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Supply Chain
GXO Logistics, Inc | September 20, 2023
GXO Logistics collaborates with Datasparq to successfully deploy AI solutions, boosting operational efficiency and reducing environmental impact through transportation route optimization.
The company's partnership with industry leaders like Körber's Operator Eye solution transforms its warehousing operations, focusing on automation efficiency, picking accuracy, and streamlined processing times.
GXO's AI-driven route optimization delivers significant environmental benefits, exemplified by its partnership with U.K. retailer Iceland. Reducing road miles, fuel consumption, and carbon emissions underscores GXO's commitment to sustainability.
GXO Logistics, a leading pure-play contract logistics provider, has unveiled the successful deployment of artificial intelligence solutions in its operations. Collaborating with Datasparq, the company has leveraged AI to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate its environmental footprint through route optimization in transportation. Additionally, GXO is transforming its warehousing operations by partnering with industry leaders like Körber's Operator Eye solution to improve automation efficiency, enhance picking accuracy, and streamline processing times. This strategic integration of AI underscores GXO's commitment to operational excellence and prioritizing the safety and well-being of its workforce.
This collaboration yields remarkable results, particularly in tailored route optimization tools, exemplified by the operations transformation for renowned U.K. retailer Iceland. GXO expertly manages four distribution centers across three temperature ranges, diligently serving over 1,100 stores nationwide on Iceland's behalf. Applying cutting-edge AI technology within this complex network, spanning over 50 million kilometers annually, has delivered substantial benefits.
Steve Pennington, Supply Chain Director of Iceland, stated,
“Iceland was the first food retailer internationally to join the Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040."
[Source – Globe Newswire]
Minimizing road miles and reducing fuel consumption across their fleet without compromising customer service. Steve further mentioned that, with the incorporation of new technologies like AI and through their strong partnerships with GXO and Datasparq, they were progressing towards this goal.
GXO Logistics has positioned itself as an industry leader in automation, with approximately 30% of its revenue originating from automated solutions, a substantial increase compared to the industry average of 8%. In the first quarter of 2023, the company set a remarkable record by achieving a 64% year-over-year increase in total technology and automated solutions deployment. This demonstrates GXO's unwavering dedication to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to optimize its logistics operations comprehensively. GXO remains on top of technological changes in the logistics industry, and keeps giving its customers more value by improving its speed, accuracy, and service quality.
Iceland's commitment to sustainability is underscored by the reduction of over 900,000 kilometers driven from a single depot each year, leading to a remarkable decrease in diesel consumption by more than 25,000 liters and a substantial overall carbon emission savings of over 720 tonnes. In addition, this strategic AI implementation empowers GXO drivers to allocate more time to high-value tasks, significantly enhancing productivity and job satisfaction. This success story exemplifies GXO's dedication to innovation, efficiency, and sustainable logistics solutions.
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