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The Supply Chain in Brief
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• The CMA CGM Foundation will produce and deploy 10 PharmaBox units, which enhance access to medicines and healthcare in numerous humanitarian crisis zones across Africa. The units will be installed in Chad, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Mozambique, with deployment to be adjusted as humanitarian needs evolve.
• Thomas Oil eld launched a new business division, Thomas Supply, built on Vroozi’s P2P solution. The system automatically monitors inventory levels and triggers purchase requests when supplies run low, while managing all associated data and transactions.
• Canadian apparel solutions company iFabric Corp selected the BlueCherry ERP system to optimize operations and enhance supply chain visibility.
• Rittal , a system provider of electrical enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure, software and services, selected JAGGAER to help optimize its procurement processes. • First Solar , a photovoltaic solar technology and manufacturing company, selected Everstream as an end-to-end supply chain solution for enterprise risk insight, and mitigation and supplier data management.
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• Citi Trends, a value-priced retailer of apparel, accessories, and home goods, selected Invent.ai to provide AI-driven inventory solutions for allocation and replenishment.
n Consolidated Chassis Management
(CCM) successfully rolled out its 12,000th refurbished chassis to the South Atlantic Chassis Pool, ahead of schedule. This milestone marks the first phase of refurbished chassis deployment in the region, with the entire CCM fleet of nearly 45,000 units expected to be fully upgraded by the end of 2027. n The Port of Savannah recently welcomed the largest capacity vessel to ever call the port, the OOCL Iris . With a maximum capacity of 16,828 TEUs, the vessel measures 1,204 feet long and 167 feet wide.
• Ekart , a 4PL supply chain company based in India, partnered with IKEA to power last-mile deliveries for the retailer’s home furnishings business, enabling seamless doorstep fulfillment of orders placed on IKEA’s website.
• TrueCommerce delivered an electronic data interchange (EDI) solution integrated with NetSuite to help baby care brand Coterie streamline the management of its high-transaction volumes.
• The Oodie , the Australian brand known for its popular wearable blanket, partnered with Bleckmann to enhance logistics operations. This collaboration ensures efficient handling of the brand’s rapid growth, seasonal demand, and high- volume fluctuations.
12 Inbound Logistics • April 2025
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