Global Logistics

IBS Teams With Optricity for Warehouse Management, Slotting Software

April 21, 2016

International Business Systems (IBS), a supplier of integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), warehouse-management system (WMS) and supply-chain software, is joining with Optricity Corp. in a partnership to integrate IBS's WMS and Optricity's slotting software in the Americas region.

Container Service Performance Steps Up its Game in March

April 21, 2016

Drewry

Ocean carriers bucked a five-month downwards trend by improving container service reliability in March, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

F.S. Mackenzie Opens Office in Tbilisi, Georgia

April 20, 2016

F.S. Mackenzie Group

F.S. Mackenzie Group, the U.K. and Russia member of the FPS (Famous Pacific Shipping) network of independent freight forwarders and non-vessel operating common carriers, has opened a new office in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Pricing for Profit in Container Shipping

April 19, 2016

Quintiq

The Real-Time Advantage in Food Production

April 19, 2016

Quintiq

SAP Ariba Partners With PrimeRevenue in Financing Platform

April 19, 2016

SAP Ariba

SAP Ariba is partnering with PrimeRevenue to create a multi-funder supply-chain financing platform, as part of an integrated source-to-pay process.

Symphony Gold Debuts Supply-Chain Optimization App

April 19, 2016

Symphony Gold

Symphony Gold, provider of a software platform for retail, has developed Gold Flow Optimization.

Numina Group Releases Web-Based Interface for Warehouse Management

April 19, 2016

Numina Group

Numina Group has released a new Web-based user interface for RDS, its warehouse execution system (WES) and warehouse control system (WCS) software platform.

With 360 Sea, River Ports, the U.S. Is Awash in Ocean Commerce

April 19, 2016

Maritime Executive

The U.S. is served by publicly - and privately-owned marine facilities located in approximately 360 commercial sea and river ports. These are found along the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf and Great Lakes coasts, as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

It May Be the World's Biggest Traffic Jam

April 18, 2016

Maritime Executive

As ports struggle to cope with a global oil glut, huge queues of supertankers have formed in some of the world's busiest sea lanes, where some 200 million barrels of crude lies waiting to be loaded or delivered.

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