Logistics & Supply Chain Technology, Transportation & Distribution

Companies are increasingly cautious over taking risks in their supply chain, with fears over their level of dependence on suppliers and sourcing from high-risk countries dominating their thinking, data in a new report shows.

The Digital Signage Summit at ISE 2019 was another significant success, with a record number of delegates gaining valuable insights into the dynamics and future of the sector from top level speakers from across the industry.

According to a global study by Quocirca, print is considered a top security issue (66 per cent) for most organisations, second only to cloud-based services.

Plantronics, Inc. has announced that the company will transform into Poly, a technology company focused on the human experience of communications and collaboration, aiming to make communication as rich and natural as in-person.

Renovotec, the UK independent rugged hardware, software and services provider for supply chain companies, has acquired mobile technology specialist Spirit Data Capture Limited “in a move that exploits company synergies”.

GigaSpaces, the provider of InsightEdge, the in-memory real-time analytics platform for instant insights to action, announced AnalyticsXtreme, accelerating access to data lakes and data warehouses by up to 100X and simplifying development and deployment of applications for faster time to market on-premise and in the cloud.

PerceptIn has introduced the PerceptIn Intelligent Viewer Tracking Module (PIVTM), an Internet-of-Things (IoT) intelligence module for generating in-store customer data for mobile vendors and retailers.

Poor product visualisation is preventing almost a quarter of B2B customers from making purchases online, according to a new report by full-service e-commerce agency PushON.

Ergonomic Solutions has signed Danish Software Developer, Fiftytwo, as a member of its ISV program.

Joining Ergonomic Solutions’ channel offering, The Space Program, as an ISV partner, Fiftytwo will be able to access the support of Ergonomic Solutions’ technical specialists, product, and sales and marketing teams to support the launch of the 52RETAIL software package on the SpacePole Duo sled to the retail industry across Scandinavia.

Use of third-party platforms like Amazon, eBay and Google has dropped amongst the UK’s top 250 retailers, according to an industry report.

The statistics were included within an annual retail performance index carried out by leading e-commerce and digital agency, Visualsoft.