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Gartner expert: Supply chains can thrive even amid disruption

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Relationships. Trust. Control. And visibility.

These are the hallmarks of a strategy to managing and surviving supply chain risk, said Brian Whitlock, senior director analyst at Gartner. Speaking at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/XPO 2022 on Monday at Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Whitlock cited those four items as the call to action during his presentation, titled Logistics Risk and Disruption: Is it in the Past or Forever Part of...

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IBM exec: Every day in the supply chain has a black swan

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After a discussion about the theory of black swans in markets — in which a development occurs in spite of enormous mathematical odds, like a black swan being hatched — Joseph Berti told an audience at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium that their industry has a black swan daily.

“If there is anything you can remember, it’s that two days are never the same in the supply chain,” said Berti, a vice president at IBM (NYSE: IBM)  “Just because it happened in the past doesn’t...

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Turning supply chain chaos into profitable business

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.  —Manufacturers have generally weathered the past two years of disruption and now are shifting into future-proofing their businesses, incorporating better visibility and supply chain control.

That is one of the takeaways from Fictiv’s seventh annual State of Manufacturing report. Released Monday at the Gartner Supply Chain Sumposium/XPO at Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort, the report found a majority (59%) of companies said improving supply chain visibility is their top...

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GSCW chat: Is FreightTech necessary for CPG companies?

Experts chat about the role of automation and FreightTech in consumer packaged goods companies.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: FreightTech is a must for consumer packaged goods companies to thrive.

DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Travis Rhyan and Bart De Muynck detail the challenges CPG companies face with labor shortages, manufacturing and e-commerce and how FreightTech investment should be viewed as a cost of doing business.

SPEAKER: De Muynck is the vice president of supply chain research at Gartner.

BIO: De Muynck conducts...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-is-freighttech-necessary-for-cpg-companies

SVT Robotics to conduct multi-robot orchestration with $25M series A

Software company SVT Robotics recently announced it has closed on a $25 million series A funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from Prologis Ventures to step up the company’s mission to make it easier for warehouses to invest and deploy robotics automation.

“With the seismic shifts we’ve seen in supply chain demands, warehouse operators want to adapt, but they need a way to quickly deploy fully integrated automation,” said William O’Donnell, managing director of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/svt-robotics-to-conduct-multi-robot-orchestration-with-25m-series-a

De Muynck to address shippers in F3 insights on transportation technology strategies

Gartner Vice President of Research Bart De Muynck will speak on shippers’ transportation technology strategies and road maps in a live presentation at FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience at approximately 10 a.m. ET Thursday. 

In addition to Thursday’s live presentation, De Muynck will host two sessions at F3, one focusing on advanced analytics and the other on sustainability in transportation and logistics. De Muynck is a 30-year supply chain veteran, beginning at Penske Logistics, then Elemica,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/de-muynck-to-address-shippers-in-f3-insights-on-transportation-technology-strategies

The journey to emissions reduction — Net-Zero Carbon

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Norfolk Southern isn’t just in the business of moving freight, they’re in the business of a better planet. To learn more about Norfolk Southern’s industry-leading sustainability initiatives, go to nscorp.com/betterplanet.

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, sits down with Bart De Muynck, VP of research and analyst at Gartner, to discuss the journey to greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

De Muynck explains assessing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-journey-to-emissions-reduction-net-zero-carbon

The future of digital retail is here

Retailers have never had this much on their plates. In the era of ever-changing and evolving technology, there are more opportunities to engage customers than ever before, but the constraints of time and money make it nearly impossible for retailers to run their core business while simultaneously becoming tech wizards.

The problem is that that tech wizardry is more necessary than it’s ever been. During and even before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers have been forced to digitize. So as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-future-of-digital-retail-is-here

Overhaul raises $35M to enhance visibility for shippers, carriers

Overhaul, a real-time visibility and risk management platform, announced Tuesday it has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Macquarie Capital, with participation from past investor Edison Partners and Avanta Ventures, the venture arm of CSAA Insurance Group. Since 2016, the company has raised a total of $55 million.

The company was recently recognized on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms as a leading niche player, a solution that is often the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/overhaul-raises-35m-to-enhance-visibility-for-shippers-carriers

E2open to acquire BluJay Solutions; deal valued at $1.7B

E2open Parent Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ETWO), a global cloud-based supply chain management platform based in Austin, Texas, announced Thursday it plans to acquire the Holland, Michigan-based logistics execution platform BluJay Solution. The deal could be valued at $1.7 billion, consisting of $760 million in cash and 72.4 million shares, giving BluJay shareholders approximately 22% ownership of the combined company.

BluJay’s current shareholders, Francisco Partners and Temasek, will be able to appoint...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e2open-to-acquire-blujay-solutions-deal-valued-at-1-7b

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