Supply chain technology company Blue Ridge has acquired price optimization and analytics startup Prolific Virtue. The acquisition’s financial terms were not disclosed. “Pricing is inherently complementary to supply chain planning since…
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How Former City of Atlanta COO Duriya Farooqui Curates Collaboration At the Point A Supply Chain Innovation Center
by Holly Beilinby Holly Beilin“For most of my career, I have been in these roles where I’ve had to galvanize and mobilize people with completely different backgrounds around these common causes.” Duriya Farooqui is…
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San Francisco Supply Chain Bidding Software Bid Ops Bound For SaaS-Strong Atlanta
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinAtlanta’s strength in supply chain and software-as-a-service has attracted yet another high-potential startup from the coasts. Bid Ops, an automated negotiation platform for procurement, has secured an office in the…
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$12M Kleiner Perkins-Led Series A Propels STORD’s Enterprise Push
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinDetails have emerged about supply chain software startup STORD’s latest funding round, a $12.3 million Series A. The round was led by Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins and included existing…
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Innovation Impact: Georgia-Pacific’s Point A Is A Member-Driven, Collaborative Innovation Club
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinMary Kate Love believes that the common thread of the innovation process, from ideation to customer discovery to implementation, is forcing people “ to be a little bit uncomfortable.” Love…
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Inventory Optimization Startup AUTIT Closes $2.7M Seed On the Heels of Venture Atlanta
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaAI-powered inventory platform AUTIT has raised a $2.7 million seed round co-led by San Francisco’s Zetta Venture Partners and Boston-based Glasswing Ventures. “We will use these resources to build out…
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B2BCompanies
Excess Inventory Costs Manufacturers Millions. This Startup Is Helping Them Go Lean
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaPaul J. Noble spent over 10 years in industrial manufacturing supply chain operations for global home supply company Sherwin-Williams. During that decade, he observed the lack of optimization surrounding parts…
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This Startup Helps Companies Protect Their Vendor Relationships From Supply Chain Attacks
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaSupply chain attacks, in which an enterprise shares information with a third-party vendor and that vendor gets hacked, are on the rise. According a recent report, 90 percent of those surveyed…
