FreightWaves: Supply chain focus paying off for "Shipper of Choice" Home Depot - FreightWaves

Supply chain focus paying off for "Shipper of Choice" Home Depot - FreightWaves
A commitment in late 2017 to invest over $1 billion into its supply chain network is allowing The Home Depot [NYSE: HD] to expand into same- and next-day delivery while bolstering its standing as a favored company among carriers and drivers. That distinction for the Atlanta-based home improvement retailer comes in the form of a fifth-place ranking among 25 winners of FreightWaves' Shipper of Choice Awards, conducted in partnership with freight brokerage startup Convoy. Carrier-members of

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WWD: Think Tank: Five Challenges for Direct-to-Consumer Supply Chains

Think Tank: Five Challenges for Direct-to-Consumer Supply Chains
Tradeshift's Ron Volpe sees opportunities for brands, but supply chain visibility is essential.

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TechCrunch: Orderful nabs $10M from A16Z to modernise the B2B supply chain network

Orderful nabs $10M from A16Z to modernise the B2B supply chain network
The march of globalization continues unabated, and with it comes a growingdemand for companies of all sizes to communicate with and sell to each other,regardless of the distance or any other barrier. Now, a startup that has builta platform to help them do that better and more cheaply is announcing a roundof funding to capitalize on the opportunity. Orderful, which aims to modernizesupply chain management through an API-based cloud service, has raised $10million in a Series A from Andreessen ...

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BlockPublisher: Blockchain in Supply Chain: Industry to Reach $10 Billion in 6 Years

Blockchain in Supply Chain: Industry to Reach $10 Billion in 6 Years
Allied Market Research (AMR), a market research and consulting firm based in India, published a report on 8th July saying that the global blockchain supply chain market might be worth around 9 billion dollars by the year 2025. The firm expects that the market will show a compound growth rate of more than 80% from the year 2018 to...

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Green Matters: How Supply Chain Optimization Helps Major Companies Go Green

How Supply Chain Optimization Helps Major Companies Go Green
Dell and HP have altered their supply chain with a greener approach, using recycled plastics and ink cartridges. This optimized production also benefits the planet. Now that we're more aware of waste company operations can create, it's important to problem solve. How can companies begin? For example, we've seen Dell and the Lonely Whale foundation collaborate on saving plastics from hitting the oceans and putting them in laptop packaging. Luckily, this is just the tip of the iceberg; more and

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Business 2 Community: The First Step to Building a Cloud-Ready Supply Chain

The First Step to Building a Cloud-Ready Supply Chain
Supply chain optimization has become a huge market differentiator in the omni-channel world. However, Amazon's innovation around the supply chain has raised consumer expectations, putting pressure on all other eCommerce players. The reality that supply chain managers must deal with is simple — connected customers demand the ability to order from anywhere, fulfill from anywhere, and return to anywhere. To meet these demands, supply chain managers can't persist with existing processes and

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the money cloud: Locus Raises $22M For Supply Chain Optimization

Locus Raises $22M For Supply Chain Optimization
https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2019/locus-supply-chain-venture-capital-funding/ Logistics startup Locus has secured $22 million in new funding, according to reports today (Monday, May 13). The company said in a press release sent to PYMNTS that Falcon Edge Capital and Tiger Global Management led the Series B investment round, while previous backers Exfinity Venture Partners and Blume Ventures also participated. Locus operates […]

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