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> The ZiM (Zero Infrastructure Mesh) Bridge from Dot Ai is a compact device—about
the size of a smartphone— that can continuously scan its surroundings to collect asset tag information for real- time visibility in warehouses and manufacturing plants. The patent-pending ZiM hardware was engineered to be layered with API integrations to existing enterprise and vertical SaaS solutions, and Dot Ai’s AI-powered SaaS platform, for operational visibility. > Supply chain orchestration solutions provider Cleo partnered with cloud-native automation platform Open ECX to help companies automate inbound and outbound document flows. Leveraging the Cleo Integration Cloud and Open ECX’s AI-supported automation engine, the joint solution provides integrations between disparate systems, such as ERPs like SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and NetSuite, and a customer’s trading partner network. > DCL Logistics launched SelectShip , an AI-powered shipping engine that helps ecommerce companies automate parcel decisions. Managed and embedded
> LEMAN launched a new direct logistics service, connecting manufacturers and retailers in the United States with its logistics hub (pictured) in Taulov, Denmark—a gateway to the Northern European market. By combining dedicated ocean freight capacity with air freight options, the offering serves premium lifestyle products—including furniture, interior items, and other high- value shipments—ensuring they arrive safely and on time.
within DCL’s fulfillment stack, with routing intelligence provided by Shipium and execution handled by DCL’s transportation team, the solution optimizes shipping decisions for speed, cost, and reliability. > ISD’s new automation system OneTouchDistribution can optimize order fulfillment for case, split-case, and pallet operations for distribution centers with diverse fulfillment requirements. The system automates inbound processing by receiving products through lift trucks,
autonomous mobile robots, humanoids, or cobots. Once received, items are scanned, recorded, and directed into an automated storage and retrieval system. > Dispatch Science introduced DataBridge , its cloud-native integration platform as a service (iPaaS), to remove the technical and financial roadblocks that can prevent carriers from working with new shippers. Hosted in Microsoft Azure’s cloud environment, it lets carriers connect to shipper systems and automate the
exchange of orders, updates, and delivery documents.
> Descartes Systems Group released Descartes Visual Compliance AI Assist, a denied party screening advancement that uses AI capabilities to help trade compliance teams automatically reduce the eort required to review and clear false positives. False positives are alerts that appear to match restricted, sanctioned, and denied party entities but are actually benign matches.
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