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Supply chain integration platform Chain.io secures $5M funding round

Data integration provider Chain.io has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Grand Ventures and Mercury Fund. 

Officials for the cloud-based platform said they will use the funds to fill a number of positions in sales, engineering, customer success and more.

“We will be immediately deploying this capital to help expand our world-class supply chain integration network and help our customers develop their digital nervous systems throughout their extended supply chain,” Brian Glick, Chain.io’s...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/chainio-secures-5m-funding-round

New warning of ‘widespread disruption’ to trade on Brexit day

The UK’s National Audit Office has warned of “widespread disruption” after 1 January.
In a damning report on readiness for the end of the Brexit transition period, it acknowledges that some progress has been made, but it adds “timetables are tight”, Covid-19 has “exacerbated delays” and “significant risks remain”.
“There is little time for ports and other third parties to integrate their systems and processes with new or changed government systems, and contingency …

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https://theloadstar.com/new-warning-of-widespread-disruption-to-trade-on-brexit-day/

New UK lockdown adds to pressure on transport firms training for post-Brexit

The UK government’s announcement of a month-long lockdown – in line with several other European countries – to try and stymy a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated problems for companies looking to prepare for Brexit.
A customs clearance operator told The Loadstar the news had led them to question their ability to sufficiently train staff in new, and as yet still not fully known, customs procedures before the end …

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https://theloadstar.com/new-uk-lockdown-adds-to-pressure-on-transport-firms-training-for-post-brexit/

Brexit: deal or no-deal, businesses must prepare for a mountain of paperwork

Businesses must “accept uncertainty” following prime minister Boris Johnson’s warning that the UK must prepare itself for a no-deal Brexit.
Mr Johnson’s comments came a day after his self-imposed deadline for a deal to be reached had passed – although minister Michael Gove, who is leading Brexit preparations, said the “door was still ajar” for a deal to be reached.
The PM said: “We have only 10 weeks until an end to …

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https://theloadstar.com/brexit-deal-or-no-deal-businesses-must-prepare-for-a-mountain-of-paperwork/

Convoy expands access to real-time prices with new TMS partnerships

Convoy adds tms integrations

Five additional partnerships with transportation management system (TMS) suppliers have been announced by Convoy, giving its shipping customers more options to seamlessly book freight with the company.

“These partnerships are important because they enable our TMS and related platform partners to offer Convoy’s automated real-time prices with guaranteed capacity to our mutual customers,” a Convoy spokesperson told FreightWaves. “In partnering with a broad array of TMS leaders, we offer shippers...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/convoy-expands-access-to-real-time-prices-with-new-tms-partnerships

Market Insight: WiseTech may be today’s leader, but it’s not a one horse race

The outstanding writing by Russell Wood on Premium over the past two weeks – in particular, his in-depth analysis of DHL Global Forwarding’s botched in-house digital transformation project and the transforming effect that subsequently had on WiseTech Global, here and here if you haven’t read it not done so already – whetted my appetite for the latest IT developments for freight forwarders and other supply chain actors.
I thus found myself looking …

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https://theloadstar.com/market-insight-wisetech-may-be-todays-leader-but-its-not-a-one-horse-race/

BluJay accelerates customer supply chains with global network update

Manchester, UK – November 27, 2018 – BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services, announces the release of BluJay Global Trade Network version 19.0.0. BluJay’s latest update delivers expanded multimodal capabilities, new integrations, and additional countries and languages to help companies efficiently manage trade and the movement of goods around the world. BluJay’s cloud-based technology platform delivers an ecosystem of supply chain applications powered by its...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/blujay-accelerates-customer-supply-chains-global-network-update/

Abreu Carga chooses BluJay Solutions as its core technology platform

Manchester, UK – October 4, 2018 – BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services powered by the world’s first Global Trade Network, today announced that logistics services provider (LSP) Abreu Carga has selected BluJay’s Transportation and Warehouse Management software as its platform to plan and execute all transportation moves across all modalities and lanes. Abreu Carga is the market-leading air freight services provider in Portugal, offering transportation and...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/abreu-carga-chooses-blujay-solutions-core-technology-platform/

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