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Birmingham's REPOWR brings "asset-as-a-service" model to trucking

Birmingham's REPOWR brings "asset-as-a-service" model to trucking

The co-founders of REPOWR know all about the traditional inefficiencies surrounding the logistics industry. Patrick Visintainer and Spencer Ware, who worked in logistics and transportation insurance and liability respectively, saw that trucks were often underutilized when it came to moving things from point A to point B. “[We] saw

In The Ongoing Talent War, Is Retention More Important Than Recruiting?

In The Ongoing Talent War, Is Retention More Important Than Recruiting?

For Max Farrell, the employee-employer relationship had been fundamentally flawed long before the “Great Resignation” made it a pressing topic for most companies. “For the longest time companies just ‘recruited away’ their turnover challenges, which we've always seen as a really backwards approach to growing a business,

A Look Inside Verte, The Supply Chain Startup Empowering E-Commerce Of All Sizes

A Look Inside Verte, The Supply Chain Startup Empowering E-Commerce Of All Sizes

The first thing you’ll notice when walking around Verte’s 750,000 square foot warehouse is what is missing: the noise. For a busy facility that employs over 300 people and can move upwards of 45,000 boxes a day, the e-commerce and supply chain facility is not

Atlanta's Verusen Closes $25M Series B To Build More Resilient Manufacturing Supply Chains

Atlanta's Verusen Closes $25M Series B To Build More Resilient Manufacturing Supply Chains

Since Verusen minted its $8 million Series A in January 2021, supply chain stressors have continued to be top of mind for consumers and manufacturers alike. While the Atlanta-based startup got off the ground to streamline operations on the indirect materials and maintenance repair operations side, founder Paul Noble

Startup out of ATV Brings New Definition of "Carpooling" to the Logistics Industry

Startup out of ATV Brings New Definition of "Carpooling" to the Logistics Industry

The term “carpool” may have once been reserved for commuting to school or soccer practice. But Atlanta-based entrepreneurs Michael Malakhov and Eric Morris are bringing a new "carpool" definition to the logistics industry with startup Carpool Logistics. The two bring a combined 25 years of logistics experience

National Supply Chain Stress Creates Opportunity For Local Innovation

National Supply Chain Stress Creates Opportunity For Local Innovation

If you’ve tracked an overseas package or tried to buy any number of consumer electronics over the last few months, you know all about the inflexible nature of the global supply chain. Supply chain experts have long known about this inflexibility. As Professor Nikolay Osadchiy, Associate Professor of Information

Industry Leaders Talk Supply Chain Realities Heading Into Q4 2021

Industry Leaders Talk Supply Chain Realities Heading Into Q4 2021

First, it was COVID. Then trade tensions. Then winter storms and international power outages. Then ships stuck in canals and an unprecedented labor shortage. All news became supply chain news in 2021, as the global economy looked to rebound and rebalance in the wake of the pandemic. “At the beginning