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• Combilift, a multi- directional and customized handling solutions company, was awarded the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2025 for its Combi-CB70E, a
• Utah-based footwear retailer Walking Comfort is using Descartes Sellercloud to help drive ecommerce growth by centralizing and synchronizing the management of product listings, inventory, orders, and ful llment across multiple online sales channels.
high-capacity, electric-powered multidirectional forklift developed to meet the needs of heavy-duty, long-load handling in more sustainable ways. • Polaris Transportation Group received the 2025 MASTIO Quality Award in the Cross-Border/Regional Carrier Group category. It earned one of the top customer value ratings in the study: the Highest Performance/Superior Oering classification for cross-border and regional LTL. • Alliance Shippers was recognized as a leading performer by The Journal of Commerce ’s biannual Intermodal Scorecard survey, which identifies the top intermodal service providers in North America based on key performance indicators, customer satisfaction scores, and net promoter scores. • Wabash recognized 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost, and service. • CN’s Falcon Premium intermodal service received the Silver Container award from the AMTI, Mexico’s leading intermodal transport association. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in cross-border intermodal transportation between Mexico, the United States, and Canada. • Span Alaska ranked in the top three of cargo/logistics providers in the 2025 Best of Alaska Business awards, sponsored by Alaska Business magazine. The award reflects the votes of readers who judge a company’s overall performance, operations, and customer satisfaction.
• VARGO and its technology partner OPEX successfully completed a collaborative project for Gap Inc. With the implementation of the SureSort
system, VARGO boosted picking productivity by more than 10% and automated the work of ve manual put-to-order work stations. • As hurricane season approaches, Georgia-Paci c (GP) and Trackonomy have partnered to ensure that critical building materials arrive exactly when and where they’re needed most. Through this partnership, GP is equipping plywood shipments with Trackonomy’s real-time tracking technology to provide precise arrival visibility to retailers. • Electrical distributor Border States selected Blue Yonder to power its rst regional distribution center, slated to open in late 2026. Border States will deploy Blue Yonder Warehouse Management and Warehouse Labor Management solutions— underpinned by the Blue Yonder Platform—supported by Open Sky Group, a Blue Yonder partner. • Grimco, a provider of signage products and services, tapped Cleo’s supply chain orchestration solutions to streamline operations, improve forecasting, and enhance customer and vendor relationships. • Ford South America selected RELEX Solutions to accelerate its aftermarket auto parts supply chain operations. By replacing its existing supply chain solution, Ford aims to achieve higher service levels for dealers, improve forecasting accuracy, reduce inventory costs, and automate planning processes for greater ef ciency.
• Paper Transport expanded its partnership with the Green Bay Packers beyond logistics to include joint efforts in talent recruitment, brand visibility, and corporate culture.
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