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

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

20 August 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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

IFS Acquires 7bridges to Transform Industrial Supply Chains with AI

IFS Acquires 7bridges to Transform Industrial Supply Chains with AI

19 August 2025By marketingNews

Acquisition expands IFS’s Industrial AI capabilities, unlocking deeper insights and scalable, data-driven logistics solutions London, UK, August 18, 2025 – IFS, provider of Industrial AI software, today announced the acquisition of 7bridges, an AI-powered supply chain management solution provider. The move strengthens IFS’s position as the Industrial AI leader by expanding its capabilities in logistics and transportation … Read More

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

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

12 August 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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

Toolstation selects Slimstock to improve customer experience

8 August 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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

IFS Partners with Climatiq to Launch Emissions Management in IFS Cloud

IFS Partners with Climatiq to Launch Emissions Management in IFS Cloud

7 August 2025By marketingNews

London, UK – July 31, 2025 – IFS, a provider of enterprise cloud and Industrial AI software, has announced a strategic partnership with carbon intelligence platform Climatiq, coinciding with the launch of its new Emissions Management module in IFS Cloud. This launch supports IFS’s broader strategy to embed sustainability directly into business operations, enabling customers … Read More

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

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

11 July 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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

IFS acquires TheLoops to launch the Industrial AI workforce

27 June 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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

Yusen Logistics Launches Carrier Visibility Solution from FourKites

26 June 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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

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

25 June 2025By Niels BartelsNews

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