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The Supply Chain in Brief
> SEALED DEALS
• Westlake Global Compounds will leverage FourKites’ real-time supply chain visibility solution to predict and prevent disruptions to its shipments. The Westlake team has the ability to monitor the live status of truck shipments in the United States, and to analyze the impact of disruptions against plan. • Intralogistics group Mecalux has designed and installed storage systems for General Óptica’s new logistics center near Madrid. The new warehouse ships an average of 4,000 orders daily, and can scale to absorb the growth projected for the next 10 years.
• Global sportswear brand On and AI and robotics company
Verity announced a strategic collaboration to leverage fleets of fully autonomous drones in warehouses. The drones enable full operational visibility through smart, real-time inventory tracking. • Walgreens Boots Alliance Global Sourcing has selected TradeBeyond’s multi-enterprise platform to optimize and standardize operations across its retail brands and to leverage more innovative and agile sourcing practices.
• Good Food Holdings is implementing the SymphonyAI suite of connected retail software that brings end-to-end integrated intelligence to drive informed actions across store, shelf, merchandise, and supply chain for its U.S. West Coast banners.
> GREEN SEEDS
• Remcon Plastics is using the Nexterus transportation management system to help automate manual processes across its transportation operations and improve customer service and satisfaction.
n Walmart Canada unveiled a new hydrogen fuel cell- powered electric semi-truck—a first of its kind for a retail fleet on North American roads. Operating with zero tailpipe emissions, the tractor can avoid 97 metric tons of CO2 tailpipe emissions on average.
• Do it Best implemented a new transportation management system from Redwood Logistics to optimize its daily operations.
• Under an agreement with Farm Rio, Mojix will provide a SaaS, end-to- end traceability solution for products in its international
operations. In addition, Mojix will help Farm Rio meet European digital product passport regulations by tracking all necessary aspects related to products in the supply chain.
24 Inbound Logistics • July 2024
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