NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
MILESTONES: Veteran- and woman-owned Warrior Logistics is celebrating one decade in business. Over the past decade, the company more than doubled its fleet and workforce to include 250+ employees and 150 trucks. It also diversified its offerings beyond dry van to include flatbed and drayage/port container solutions.
Shovel Ready
• Mindray, a healthcare technologies and solutions company, is expanding its North American warehouse facility. The expanded warehouse, scheduled to open in 2026, will consolidate off-site operations into one location, streamlining logistics and improving the customer experience.
GOOD WORKS
↑ DHL Group has given more than 30,000 refugees prospects in the labor market over the past 10 years and is one of the largest employers of refugees worldwide. In addition to permanent employment contracts and internships, about 350 refugees have completed an apprenticeship at DHL Group since 2015.
• The Airbus Foundation, United Airlines, and Qatar Airways, along with The Aerospace Foundation, American Airlines, and the Woodward Charitable Trust, pledged a combined $17.4 million in financial and flight support to Airlink. This pledge will help the disaster logistics nonprofit deliver aid and transport disaster responders to communities worldwide that have been affected by humanitarian crises.
UP THE CHAIN
→ TOTE Group expanded its leadership team to support the organization’s long-term vision and to enhance customer value. Alex Hofeling (top), currently president of TOTE Maritime Alaska, was promoted to the new role of chief commercial officer. With this transition, Bill Crawford, who served as vice president of commercial, was promoted to president of TOTE Maritime Alaska.
← Ryan Koos joined Banner Health as senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. Koos will oversee all aspects of Banner’s healthcare supply chain, including ordering, distribution, inventory, sourcing strategy and contracting.
← Anne Milgram, former Attorney General of New Jersey, joined the board of Overhaul. She’ll support Overhaul’s mission to disrupt criminal networks that target global supply chains.
M&A
• WiseTech Global acquired e2open, a provider of SaaS-based solutions in the global logistics value chain for $3.25 billion, in a move to expand its reach and customer base internationally.
• Siemens AG completed the acquisition of Dotmatics, a provider of life sciences research and development software. Dotmatics will form part of Siemens’ Digital Industries Software business, expanding Siemens’ Product Lifecycle Management portfolio into the growing life sciences market.
SEALED DEALS
↑ Utah-based footwear retailer Walking Comfort is using Descartes Sellercloud to help drive ecommerce growth by centralizing and synchronizing the management of product listings, inventory, orders, and fulfillment across multiple online sales channels.
• As hurricane season approaches, Georgia-Pacific (GP) and Trackonomy have partnered to ensure that critical building materials arrive exactly when and where they’re needed most. Through this partnership, GP is equipping plywood shipments with Trackonomy’s real-time tracking technology to provide precise arrival visibility to retailers.
• Electrical distributor Border States selected Blue Yonder to power its first regional distribution center, slated to open in late 2026. Border States will deploy Blue Yonder Warehouse Management and Warehouse Labor Management solutions—underpinned by the Blue Yonder Platform—supported by Open Sky Group, a Blue Yonder partner.
→ VARGO and its technology partner OPEX successfully completed a collaborative project for Gap Inc. With the implementation of the SureSort system, VARGO boosted picking productivity by more than 10% and automated the work of five manual put-to-order work stations.
• Grimco, a provider of signage products and services, tapped Cleo’s supply chain orchestration solutions to streamline operations, improve forecasting, and enhance customer and vendor relationships.
• Ford South America selected RELEX Solutions to accelerate its aftermarket auto parts supply chain operations. By replacing its existing supply chain solution, Ford aims to achieve higher service levels for dealers, improve forecasting accuracy, reduce inventory costs, and automate planning processes for greater efficiency.
↑ Paper Transport expanded its partnership with the Green Bay Packers beyond logistics to include joint efforts in talent recruitment, brand visibility, and corporate culture.
RECOGNITION
↑ Combilift, a multi-directional and customized handling solutions company, was awarded the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2025 for its Combi-CB70E, a high-capacity, electric-powered multidirectional forklift developed to meet the needs of heavy-duty, long-load handling in more sustainable ways.
• Polaris Transportation Group received the 2025 MASTIO Quality Award in the Cross-Border/Regional Carrier Group category. It earned one of the top customer value ratings in the study: the Highest Performance/Superior Offering classification for cross-border and regional LTL.
• Alliance Shippers was recognized as a leading performer by The Journal of Commerce’s biannual Intermodal Scorecard survey, which identifies the top intermodal service providers in North America based on key performance indicators, customer satisfaction scores, and net promoter scores.
• Wabash recognized 38 of its top suppliers with 2024 Wabash Supplier Awards for supply chain excellence, considering criteria such as innovation, quality, delivery, cost, and service.
• CN’s Falcon Premium intermodal service received the Silver Container award from the AMTI, Mexico’s leading intermodal transport association. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in cross-border intermodal transportation between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
↑ Span Alaska ranked in the top three of cargo/logistics providers in the 2025 Best of Alaska Business awards, sponsored by Alaska Business magazine. The award reflects the votes of readers who judge a company’s overall performance, operations, and customer satisfaction.