supply chain investment

DSC chat: Time to close the infrastructure gap

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Unlocking the bipartisan infrastructure package.

DETAILS: With the long-awaited $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill finally signed into law on Nov. 15, the next questions are: What projects will get the money and when? Will the money flow in time to address the current supply chain crisis? In this fireside chat, freight policy expert Elaine Nessle provides insights.

SPEAKER: Nessle is the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dsc-chat-time-to-close-the-infrastructure-gap

Can $14 billion get Walmart to e-commerce profitability?

This is an excerpt from Monday’s (2/22) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) reported Q4 earnings last week that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations, despite posting same-store sales growth of 8.6%. That’s a huge handle for a company Walmart’s size and is by far the highest growth among comparable stores in the past 10 years, more than double the next closest growth rate of 3.7% in 2019. 

But Walmart’s stock sold off hard after earnings were...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-$14-billion-get-walmart-to-e-commerce-profitability?

Werner deploying MasterMind TMS, investing in Mastery Logistics Systems

Werner adopts Mastery Logistics TMS

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) has been on a technology spree of late and that is continuing with the recent announcement of its investment in and deployment of Mastery Logistics Systems’ MasterMind transportation management system (TMS).

Werner will deploy the software-as-a-service solution across its Werner Truckload Transportation Services and Logistics business units. The deployment includes an equity investment and “ongoing strategic advisement by Werner to drive continued product...

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