logistics

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet requirements of customers or corporations.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Last-Mile Delivery Solutions Provider GetSwift Acquired by Stage Fund
Last-Mile Delivery Solutions Provider GetSwift Acquired by Stage Fund
July 18, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Private equity firm Stage Fund, which focuses on special situation investments, has acquired GetSwift and aims to position it for renewed growth. GetSwift offers three...

READ MORE >
Legacy Firms Prep for Digital Buyers Who Don’t Want to Talk to Procurement
Legacy Firms Prep for Digital Buyers Who Don’t Want to Talk to Procurement
July 18, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Generational divides exist everywhere — but perhaps nowhere more than the business landscape. That’s part of why keeping up with rapidly changing technology and emergent...

READ MORE >
Retailers Find It’s Expensive to Be Like Amazon
Retailers Find It’s Expensive to Be Like Amazon
July 13, 2023  |  Retail

Retailers are recognizing that offering free shipping may not be sustainable in the long run. However, rather than eliminating it, they are raising the criteria...

READ MORE >
Silo Technologies Raises $132 Million in New Capital
Silo Technologies Raises $132 Million in New Capital
July 12, 2023  |  Supply Chain

Silo Technologies, a provider of financial technology for distributors and grower shipper businesses in the perishable food supply chain, has raised $132 million in new...

READ MORE >
Amazon and Freightos Prove Scale Critical in Race to Build Logistics-as-a-Service
Amazon and Freightos Prove Scale Critical in Race to Build Logistics-as-a-Service
July 11, 2023  |  Connected Economy

In the bid to transform logistics, to streamline the interplay that takes place to get goods from point A to point B, scale’s a key...

READ MORE >
Meadow Lark Partners With OTR Solutions on Carrier Payment Systems
Meadow Lark Partners With OTR Solutions on Carrier Payment Systems
July 07, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Meadow Lark Agency has partnered with OTR Solutions on carrier payment systems. The strategic partnership will allow OTR Solutions’ back-office services to support Meadow Lark’s carrier payment process, giving Meadow...

READ MORE >
BP Joins the Race to Create and Scale a Digital Fleet Payments Ecosystem
BP Joins the Race to Create and Scale a Digital Fleet Payments Ecosystem
July 06, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Fuel is at the center of the ecosystems that are changing fleet management, and by extension, logistics. In just one of the latest examples, BP began its digital...

READ MORE >
Flipkart-Owned Ekart Launches B2B Transportation Solutions Across India
Flipkart-Owned Ekart Launches B2B Transportation Solutions Across India
July 03, 2023  |  Supply Chain

Ekart has launched B2B air and surface transportation solutions for businesses in India. The Flipkart Group-owned supply chain network can now move goods throughout India...

READ MORE >
Industrial Economy’s Recent Advances Were Built on Ancient History 
Industrial Economy’s Recent Advances Were Built on Ancient History 
June 29, 2023  |  Supply Chain

In 1956, U.S. businessman Malcolm McLean was granted a patent for his intermodal shipping container. Today, tens of millions of shipping containers provide the critical...

READ MORE >