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Navis and the art of moving less
A container terminal can run out of room while wasting the space it has. Navis built a software business around that puzzle - and the expensive little moves nobody wants to make.
Kewill changed its name. The freight kept moving.
From parcel labels to a $115 million acquisition, Kewill built software for the awkward business of getting goods from here to there. Its journey through BluJay, e2open and WiseTech reveals what logistics companies were really buying: connections.
Infios Is Betting Your Warehouse Is Only One-Third of the Problem
Infios is stitching order, warehouse and transportation software into one execution layer. For operators, the pitch is less dashboard, fewer handoffs - and no mandatory rip-and-replace.
IKEA Bought Made4net to Fix the Mess Behind the Box
Made4net spent two decades arguing that warehouse software should bend before operations break. Then IKEA's largest retailer bought the company and put that thesis inside one of retail's most demanding fulfillment systems.