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Shiprocket has recently announced acquisition of Arvind’s omnichannel technology business, Omuni. The transaction will be carried out as a combination of stock and cash for total consideration of Rs 200 crores. Combination of both entities will facilitate quick, efficient deliveries of shipments from the nearest store or warehouse thus reducing delivery timelines and enhancing customer experience. Focusing on leveraging cutting-edge technology to build data-driven solutions and integrated product offerings, the Shiprocket and Omuni deal is expected to ensure better inventory utilization, faster-localized fulfillment, optimize operational costs, and deliver delightful multichannel experiences. With seamless inventory synchronisation between online and offline channels, order volumes and order fulfilment rates will increase for retailers.

Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale) has signed a contract to extend its partnership with longstanding customer CHI Aviation Handling (CHI) by a further five years. With Kale as CHI’s strategic tech partner, the Frankfurt-based air cargo services provider has boosted the efficiency and productivity of its ground handling operations using Kale’s cargo management system, GALAXY, to digitalize cargo handling. “We have chosen to continue partnering with Kale to help support our vision digital transformation; we need a reliable IT system that can be easily implemented at every airport station where we are operating and Kale’s GALAXY is the best fit solution,” said Dominik Misskampf, MD, CHI Aviation Handling. “We share a common desire with Kale to create digital channels that make a difference in serving all our customers, both businesses and consumers, by increasing accessibility to our service and improving our response times,” he added.

To broaden its reach and visibility, online booking portal CargoAi has joined digital air cargo project CargoTech. With CargoTech, CargoAi will combine forces with ECS Group’s Cargo Digital Factory and Wiremind Cargo. Cedric Millet, president, CargoTech said in a release, “What CargoTech was missing in its portfolio until now was an online distribution platform. CargoAi not only fills that gap as the world’s only cloud-native based, neutral, SaaS marketplace, but also brings the benefit of an expanded customer base.” The partners said that Cargo Digital Factory and Wiremind Cargo serve their customers’ internal processes, whereas CargoAi digitises the interface processes between freight forwarders and airlines or GSAs. “Given our cross-sectional reach, we see it as our responsibility to advocate sustainability within the industry, both by developing products that promote a greener future and by positioning ourselves as the sustainability experts within CargoTech,” Matthieu Petot, Chief Executive, CargoAi said.

Wiremind Cargo opts for sustainable solutions to reduce carbon emissions by offering smart solutions that assist its airline clients in managing their capacity and procedures to the best of their ability, and by conducting internal audits of its own operations to lessen adverse effects. Nathanael de Tarade, CEO, Wiremind Cargo, said, “Sustainability is all about ensuring that what we do to meet our current needs does not influence the ability of future generations to meet their requirements. We all share that obligation, whether we are working as a business, as an individual, or inside society as a whole.” Wiremind has audited its own carbon emissions in addition to its sustainable work practices.

rce has announced automatization of over 8000 warehouses via its warehouse management platform by March 2023. More than 7200 warehouses are already live on Unicommerce’s Warehouse Management Platform and managing more than 96 Mn SKUs serving across diverse sectors like FMCG, Beauty and wellness, fashion and accessories, and eyewear. Unicommerce’s warehouse management SaaS solutions processes millions of orders every day to serve consumers across India and international markets. Companies have deployed Unicommerce’s warehouse management platform to manage and automate all the workflows of the warehouse from picking, packing, dispatch of goods as well as procurement of goods at the warehouse.

Digital freight forwarder, Wiz Freight joined Pharma.Aero as its full-time member. Pharma.Aero is IATA CEIV certified cargo community for airport operators and other air cargo industry stakeholders. Satish Lakkaraju, Senior Vice President, Wiz Freight said, “We are excited to be joining Pharma. Aero as a full-time member. We are working towards maintaining a cold chain, which is unbroken to ensure patient safety till the last mile of delivery. Pharma.Aero is a platform to collaborate with different stakeholders in the pharma supply chain, and allows us to contribute to the overall development of a safe and reliable cold chain for pharma products.’’ Jeremy Mitchell, Vice-Chair, Pharma.Aero said, “We are pleased to welcome Wiz Freight as a full-time member of Pharma.Aero. The role of a freight forwarder is vital in the supply chain of temperature-sensitive pharma logistics, and we hail the addition of freight forwarders to Pharma.Aero. We look forward to working with Wiz Freight.”

To encourage, facilitate, and accelerate the digital transformation of the air cargo industry, CargoTech is ready to bring together cargo and technology experts specialized in specific areas of air cargo, under one roof, thereby helping in providing digital solutions for every air cargo business process, and to offer best in class consultancy services to advise the various stakeholders on their digital transformation. “Our core belief is that whatever can be digitized should not remain manual. With CargoTech, we are bringing together cargo business experts with technology experts specialized in specific areas of air cargo,” said Cedric Millet, President, CargoTech. “With ECS Group’s Cargo Digital Factory alongside Wiremind Cargo, CargoTech has started to offer a variety of products that cover some very relevant transactions. Each company has its specific area of expertise; thus, they complement each other,” he added.

To strengthens digital strategy and move towards cloud-based software for small and medium-sized customers, DB Schenker has acquired logistics software provider, Bitergo. The Germany-based companies worked closely together for three years prior to the takeover on May 31, said a release. Bitergo will continue to serve external customers as an independent entity. The partnership with DB Schenker is expected to help push Bitergo’s solutions to the market, develop new solutions more quickly and open international markets. Christa Koenen, Chief Information Officer/Chief Development Officer at Schenker AG, said, “For us, Bitergo is an ideal partner that we are happy to integrate into our vision of managing the supply chain digitally and end-to-end in the future. The European market for software-as-a-service providers in logistics is highly fragmented and does not meet the requirements of all players. Furthermore, competitors have very different backgrounds, core competencies, and value propositions. This cooperation creates great synergies: DB Schenker brings the global network as well as the long-standing competence in logistics and technology. Bitergo brings experience, expertise, and a great vision.”

As part of its fleet augmentation plans, Zyngo will deploy 18,000 electric vehicles (EVs) for last-mile delivery (LMD) in the country by this fiscal-end. These EVs are being leased/sourced by the company from various domestic original equipment makers, officials from Zyngo EV Mobility said in a statement. The company said it is planning to venture into other markets such as Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore, Chennai, Lucknow, and Bhopal, among others. It already has its presence in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur aand Chandigarh. “The company said it has been partnering with the OEMs based on robust Service Level Agreements, wherein the maintenance and servicing of the vehicles is covered by the respective OEMs,” the statement added. Prateek Rao, Founder-CEO, Zyngo EV Mobility, said, “Currently, we are on track to increase our fleet size by up to 18,000 EVs by FY 2023-end. As a part of this, we are targeting deployment of 10,000 EVs across various locations by November 2022, and then the rest by March 2023, to fulfil the growing market needs and to increase our business propositions by 10 times more.”

Digital logistics start-up, Fre8wise has launched Quasi-Blockchain and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions for the logistics industry. The advanced tech-solutions will help the industry deal with issues like lack of integration between customer’s ERP and government portals such as FOIS, FMS, PMS, i3MS, e-way Bill among others. It will also help eliminate manual and paper-based systems that cause delays and errors. It will also help improve visibility, and control pilferage and theft.