Parcel

Austin, Texas-based E2open, a network-based provider of cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management platform services, saying it has bought Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Logistyx Technologies, a provider of global parcel and e-commerce shipping and fulfillment technology services, for $185 million.

Entitled Beon, TI said that this new platform gives shippers and carriers a single point of access to access both TI’s and Atlanta-based Nolan Transportation Group’s (NTG) logistics network and services, “from port to porch.”

With around 1,200 employees, Siemens Logistics mail and parcel business generates annual revenue of about €500 million.

Bringg officials said that the objective of this acquisition is to accelerate Bringg’s penetration in the Salesforce ecosystem by extending Zenkraft’s parcel, return and post purchase use cases with an on-demand delivery network of hundreds of providers.

Orlando-based OneRail, a provider of final mile delivery services for enterprise shippers via a delivery fulfillment SaaS platform, recently announced it closed a $9 million Series A investment, bringing its total capital raise, to date, to $21.5 million.

Sean Webb, Director of Automated Packaging Solutions at Quadient, a leading provider of innovative automated packaging solutions in the market that optimize all steps of parcel fulfillment discusses the benefits that automated packaging can bring to your fulfillment operation.

Sean Webb, Director of Automated Packaging Solutions at Quadient, a leading provider of innovative automated packaging solutions in the market that optimize all steps of parcel fulfillment discusses the benefits that automated packaging can bring to your fulfillment operation.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman and Johnathan Foster, principal consultant, at Proxima, a strategic team of procurement specialists with more than 25 years of consultation and supply chain experience, talked about various topics, including the many moving logistics parts of the ongoing distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, supply chain disruption, and the cold chain, among other topics.

Hytrol names Fort Smith, Ark., as site of second facility focused on manufacturing its parcel product line

Entitled the ShipMatrix 1st Class Parcel Service, the firm said that this offering is geared towards retail and e-commerce shippers that have been “capped” by the parcel duopoly of FedEx and UPS for the 2020 peak season. Some of the key aspects of this offering, according to ShipMatrix, include: no limit on parcel volume; no peak season surcharges; and an automatic money-back guarantee on packages that are not delivered within five days.

This goes back to just how different 2020 is shaping up to be, from a shopping, shipping and e-commerce logistics perspective, make no mistake. As has been widely reported, shopping in malls and retail locations is really not an option for many people, for multiple reasons. And, taking that a step further, there has been more than a few examples of what may in store over the coming weeks, as it relates to what is different and what that could mean.

Some of the main takeaways of the report, entitled “Last Touch, Lasting Impact: The 2020-2021 Edition,” which was based on survey results from more than 1,400 e-commerce customers across North America, noted how North American consumers indicated they have increased online shopping by 33% over the last year, with around two-thirds saying the majority of their shopping is handled online, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

As more consumers remain hunkered down at home, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the parcel sector continues to reap the benefits, in the form of increasing volumes. It is fair to say that was a key finding in the Parcel Shipping Index, which was issued this week by Stamford, Ct.-based Pitney Bowes, a global technology services provider of commerce solutions powering billions of transactions.

In this Q&A, Holly Busalacki, Packaging by Quadient’s director of marketing for North America, discusses the evolution of packaging and shipping and highlights solutions that boast the fastest throughput on today’s market.

In this Q&A, Holly Busalacki, Packaging by Quadient’s director of marketing for North America, discusses the evolution of packaging and shipping and highlights solutions that boast the fastest throughput on today’s market.