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August 3, 2021
This Week In Supply Chain Now: July 26th – 30th
Stay up to date on all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes we released this week here at Supply Chain Now. On Monday, we released 2 new episodes! On this episode of Digital Transformers, Kevin L. Jackson discusses how Enterprise Information Management Transforms with Mark Judson. On This Week in Business History, Scott Luton shares about 10 Cities with Business Ties You Didn’t Know! On Tuesday, we released an episode of TEKTOK with host, Karin Bursa. She was accompanied by Scott Luton and supply chain pioneer, Art Mesher. On Tuesday we also released an episode of TECHquila Sunrise with host Greg White and special guest Shannon Vaillancourt, CEO of Ratelinx. On Wednesday we released Supply Chain Today and Tomorrow hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White with special guest Mike Griswold from Gartner. On Thursday, we released a replay of the Supply Chain Buzz. In this episode, hosts Greg White and Scott Luton welcomed Jordon White from Crisp and Jerry Stephens from Outlier to discuss the current state of the food and retail supply chain. We ended the week on Friday with 2 episodes! We released another Dial P for Procurement episode! Hosts Kelly Barner and Scott Luton welcomed special…
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December 17, 2024
Small Companies, Big Impacts: Three Supply Chain Startups to Know
Supply chain technology is a hot commodity. Venture capital investments in supply chain tech and technology-based logistics companies have totaled an estimated $15.4 billion in 2024, and more than 150 supply chain startups have been acquired in the last two years as logistics companies work to leverage cutting-edge technology to improve their services. According to a Kearney report, the biggest capital infusions have been in delivery technology, warehouse automation, and supply chain digitization and artificial intelligence (AI), and the investments are paying off. “Quite simply, the more you invest, the better you get at monetizing breakthrough innovation.” Freight brokerages, in particular, are looking to technology to help set them apart – or stay in business. Brush Pass Research reported there are 17.5% fewer active freight brokerages today than there were two years ago. Three Supply Chain Startups to Know StartUs Insights identified the top nine supply chain innovations and trends for 2025: AI Internet of Things (IoT) Flexible supply chains Big data and analytics Robotics Supply chain sustainability Supply chain traceability Last-mile delivery Cybersecurity “The supply chain has several variables that hinder its efficiency, including globalization, government regulations, pandemics, international transportation costs, increasing competition, and more,” StartUs said of…