Consafe Logistics launches Astrid, a generative AI-powered assistant to make Astro WMS® setup and support simpler, faster and smarter

4 November 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Consafe Logistics launches Astrid, a generative AI-powered assistant to make Astro WMS® setup and support simpler, faster and smarter

Consafe Logistics is proud to announce the launch of Astrid, a new Generative AI-powered Assistant designed to make working with Astro WMS® easier, faster, and more efficient. Astrid helps users set up, configure, and troubleshoot their warehouse management system with confidence, at any time and from anywhere. Efficiency through guidance and automation Powered by advanced … Read More

Givaudan automates compliance with Descartes’ Denied Party Screening Solution

30 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Givaudan automates compliance with Descartes’ Denied Party Screening Solution

Descartes Systems Group announced that Givaudan is using Descartes’ denied party screening solution to automate compliance with international trade regulations and mitigate risk through real-time screening of its business partners against denied and sanctioned party lists. With operations in over 163 locations in 52 countries, the Descartes solution has helped Givaudan to enhance its global … Read More

ORTEC launches integrated routing & loading solution embedded in SAP for beverage distributors

30 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
ORTEC launches integrated routing & loading solution embedded in SAP for beverage distributors

ORTEC announced its advanced Integrated Routing & Loading solution, designed to optimize high-volume, time-sensitive beverage logistics. Fully embedded within SAP ERP, the solution enables distributors to manage order processing, route planning, and truck loading in a single, unified workflow. By optimizing routes and loading plans simultaneously, ORTEC’s intelligent algorithms maximize vehicle utilization, reduce fuel and … Read More

From ERP to Best-of-Breed: Heutink adopts nyce.logic WMS

24 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
From ERP to Best-of-Breed: Heutink adopts nyce.logic WMS

Heutink, a Dutch supplier for education and childcare, has chosen nyce.logic’s best-of-breed Warehouse Management System to replace its ERP-based solution, aiming for greater flexibility, scalability, and control across its five national sites. The implementation begins in October 2025, with go-live scheduled for January 2027. The decision marks a major step forward as Heutink transitions from … Read More

nyce.logic Launches nyceBuddy – A Conversational AI Co-Pilot for Smarter Warehouse Operations

22 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
nyce.logic Launches nyceBuddy – A Conversational AI Co-Pilot for Smarter Warehouse Operations

Nyce.logic (part of Extenda Retail) unveils a new product, nyceBuddy, an AI-powered chatbot designed to revolutionize warehouse operations by combining real-time insights, automation, and a conversational interface, enabling teams to work faster, smarter, and with greater accuracy. Acting as a digital assistant within the WMS, nyceBuddy seamlessly connects data, insights, and actions in one interface. … Read More

Euro Pizza Products & New York Pizza Innovate Supply Chain and Operations Planning to Achieve Full Control of the Value Chain

9 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Euro Pizza Products & New York Pizza Innovate Supply Chain and Operations Planning to Achieve Full Control of the Value Chain

Euro Pizza Products and New York Pizza have launched a comprehensive overhaul of their Supply Chain Planning and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes. With this initiative, they are setting a new benchmark for the Dutch food sector, which is facing increasingly volatile supply chains. As sister companies, Euro Pizza Products and New York Pizza … Read More

OMP unveils UnisonIQ: the AI breakthrough transforming supply chain decision-making

2 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
OMP unveils UnisonIQ: the AI breakthrough transforming supply chain decision-making

OMP announced the availability of UnisonIQ, a game-changing AI orchestration framework that transforms supply chain decision-making through human-AI synergy. Embedded within OMP’s Unison Planning™ platform, UnisonIQ delivers insightful always-on agents that leverage Unison Companion, a generative AI-based assistant, and market-leading AI engines. Bridging four decades of supply chain innovation with the agentic age As supply … Read More

Esprinet group chooses Slimstock to strengthen supply chain planning across southern Europe

1 October 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Esprinet group chooses Slimstock to strengthen supply chain planning across southern Europe

Esprinet Group, a Southern European distributor of high-tech products and provider of applications and services for digital transformation and the green transition, has launched a supply chain initiative to strengthen its large-scale operations. With revenues exceeding €4 billion and over 20 years of experience in the sector, Esprinet plays a key role in enabling the … Read More

Aptean Unveils Groundbreaking ERP Solution for the Food and Beverage Sector in the Benelux

26 September 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Aptean Unveils Groundbreaking ERP Solution for the Food and Beverage Sector in the Benelux

Aptean, a provider of industry-specific enterprise software, announced the launch of its Foundation Bundle for Food and Beverage ERP in the Benelux market. Developed specifically for small and mid-sized food and beverage companies (SMBs), the solution enables fast, cost-effective implementation and equips teams with the specialised tools they need to meet the complex demands of … Read More

Real-Time Transportation Visibility Data-as-a-Service from Shippeo – Now Available as SAP Endorsed App on SAP Store

5 September 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Real-Time Transportation Visibility Data-as-a-Service from Shippeo – Now Available as SAP Endorsed App on SAP Store

Shippeo announced today that enriched real-time transportation visibility data-as-a-service from its global, multimodal network of carriers is now available as an SAP endorsed app, available for online purchase on SAP Store. SAP Endorsed Apps are a distinct category of solutions within SAP’s partner ecosystem. These apps solve key customer challenges that provide additional value to … Read More

Volkswagen AG implements new generation of PSIqualicision/ODS

4 September 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Volkswagen AG implements new generation of PSIqualicision/ODS

Volkswagen AG has replaced the PSI solution that has been successfully in use since 2005 with the new intralogistics control center from PSI Software SE. Besides the proven basic functions for data collection, monitoring, and alarm management of transport and warehouse processes in production hall 55 at the Wolfsburg site, the user-oriented and AI-based software … Read More

ASOS Selects TrusTrace to Streamline Supply Chain Risk, Compliance, and Impact Management

2 September 2025By Niels BartelsNews
ASOS Selects TrusTrace to Streamline Supply Chain Risk, Compliance, and Impact Management

TrusTrace, a software vendor in supply chain traceability and compliance, today announced a strategic partnership with ASOS, the global fashion destination, to enhance supply chain transparency and resilience, strengthen risk management, and support compliance across its global value chain. As part of its ongoing Fashion with Integrity strategy, ASOS is investing in robust traceability infrastructure … Read More

Blue Yonder Acquires Optoro To Further Transform Returns Management and Extend Capabilities

20 August 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Blue Yonder Acquires Optoro To Further Transform Returns Management and Extend Capabilities

Product returns create friction for consumers, negatively impact profit margins for companies, and result in significant inefficiencies in inventory utilization throughout the supply chain. To combat these challenges, Blue Yonder announced it has acquired Optoro, Inc., a technology provider for returns, to enhance its Returns Management capabilities, delivering a more robust, comprehensive solution. Returns processing … Read More

John Galt Solutions Expands Optimization Capabilities with Enhanced Simultaneous Multi-Objective Optimization

12 August 2025By Niels BartelsNews
John Galt Solutions Expands Optimization Capabilities with Enhanced Simultaneous Multi-Objective Optimization

John Galt Solutions, announced the latest innovations to its Atlas Planning Platform with Simultaneous Multi-Objective Optimization capabilities now embedded within key components of Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) and Rough-Cut Capacity Planning. This innovation bridges the gap from traditional rough-cut capacity planning to full scheduling, meaning fewer requirements for implementation, data and configuration to deliver significant … Read More

Toolstation selects Slimstock to improve customer experience

8 August 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Toolstation selects Slimstock to improve customer experience

Toolstation, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of tools, accessories and building supplies, is revamping its inventory management. With over 25,000 products available online and in over 590 stores nationwide, Toolstation has partnered with Slimstock, a trusted knowledge partner and provider of the award-winning supply chain planning platform, Slim4, to boost product depth across its … Read More

ORTEC and Bunzl Catering Supplies Expand Partnership in UK to Drive Logistics Innovation

11 July 2025By Niels BartelsNews
ORTEC and Bunzl Catering Supplies Expand Partnership in UK to Drive Logistics Innovation

ORTEC is proud to expand its long-standing partnership with Bunzl Catering Supplies with the implementation of its next-generation cloud-native route planning and optimization platform called ORTEC Food and Beverage Wholesale Distribution. This strategic deployment marks a new chapter in Bunzl Catering Supplies’ national foodservice delivery operations, optimizing workflows, increasing adaptability, and driving innovation across its … Read More

IFS acquires TheLoops to launch the Industrial AI workforce

27 June 2025By Niels BartelsNews
IFS acquires TheLoops to launch the Industrial AI workforce

IFS, provider of enterprise cloud and Industrial AI software, today announced the acquisition of TheLoops, a cutting-edge innovator in autonomous AI agent technology. By applying TheLoops agentic capabilities in the industrial setting, IFS becomes the first vendor to offer an AI Agentic platform built specifically for the mission-critical assets and processes industries rely on. IFS’s … Read More

Yusen Logistics Launches Carrier Visibility Solution from FourKites

26 June 2025By Niels BartelsNews
Yusen Logistics Launches Carrier Visibility Solution from FourKites

Yusen Logistics Global Management Co., Ltd.’s (CEO: Hiroki Harada) European healthcare division has launched NIC-Place, a global carrier visibility solution from FourKites®. Yusen Logistics will use NIC-Place to track and monitor its customers’ assets, enable road carriers throughout Europe to safely share data, and optimise logistics processes all in one platform. Armed with FourKites’ NIC-Place … Read More

AIMMS acquired by GRO to support the next phase of growth and global expansion

25 June 2025By Niels BartelsNews
AIMMS acquired by GRO to support the next phase of growth and global expansion

AIMMS, a software provider in enterprise optimization and decision intelligence software, has been acquired by GRO, a software-focused private equity firm with a strong track record of scaling high-potential B2B software companies. This marks a new chapter in AIMMS’s journey centered on accelerating growth, strengthening innovation, and extending global impact. For more than 35 years, … Read More