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Open Sky Kaleidoscope: Connecting the Dots

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I sat down to speak with Mike Noble, SVP of Technology and Jonathan Mitchell, Director of Software Services at Open Sky Group. In this conversation, we discussed seeing your supply chain through a new lens, and how this can help to achieve improved visibility.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24-28, 2013)

Talking Logistics

HighJump Software Enhances HighJump Warehouse Advantage Express Offering to Meet Increased Demand in SMB Marketplace. Retailers and small and midsize businesses (SMBs) – the two market segments supply chain and logistics software vendors are hyper-focused on these days. The WMS can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.

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Future-proofing your IT investment

DELMIA Quintiq

Given the expense in replacing a mission-critical decision support system – not only in dollars but in time, stress and the good will of staff and customers – are you adequately using future-proofing as a core part of your vendor assessment and decision criteria when selecting any software, new or replacement? Decision quality.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 11-15, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Trimble Acquires Transportation Supply Chain Visibility Provider 10-4 Systems. Comdata and AscendTMS Partner to Provide Free TMS Software to Carriers, Fleets and Freight Brokers. Comdata and AscendTMS Partner to Provide Free TMS Software to Carriers, Fleets and Freight Brokers. TrueCommerce Acquires Datalliance.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 11-15, 2016)

Talking Logistics

SAP Is the First Enterprise Software Vendor to Receive U.S. Trucking, Rail Outlook Poor in 2016, Analysts Say (WSJ – sub. In technology news, Pitney Bowes announced that it acquired Enroute Systems Corporation , a cloud-based, software-as-a-service enterprise retail and fulfillment solutions company.

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The case for a more agile supply chain

Taulia

More recently, the war in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia have placed limitations on both the overland rail and air freight routes from China to Europe and increased the strain on Northern European ports that were already congested before the war. Every agile strategy is unique, but they are all based on a small number of core practices.

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What Do Shippers Want? The Right Mix of Technology, Managed Services, and Advice

Talking Logistics

The boxes and labels of yesterday are giving way to a single amorphous category: “Providers of Supply Chain Software and Services.”. I shared that perspective more than a year ago in Putting 3PLs and Software Vendors in a Box. don’t fit so neatly in a box any more. And this diversity is by design. Solution providers such as C.H.