OL USA recognized among 100 top supply chain projects for 2020

Jun 17, 2020 | Press Release, Transportation and Supply Chain News

PLEASANTON, Calif., — June 17, 2020 – Blume Global, a leader in global logistics and digital supply chain solutions, today announced the company has been selected as a recipient of an SDCE 100 Award for 2020 by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. This award recognizes Blume Global’s work with global freight logistics provider OL USA to design and implement OL MOVE, a comprehensive dashboard providing end-to-end visibility and increased business efficiency for OL USA customers.

“We partnered with Blume to create a platform that delivers greater efficiencies, control, and true visibility for our customers. We see it as a milestone project and anticipate the benefits to be significant now and for years to come,” Alan Baer, President of OL USA.

“The Blume Global digital platform enables innovation at a global scale as supply chains recognize the value that digitization provides” said Pervinder Johar, CEO, Blume Global. “The platform orchestrates many different customer specific flows and OL Move is a perfect example of one such innovation. OL USA has been a great customer to co-innovate with and we value our partnership.”

“Innovation is essential in driving the supply chain industry forward, and thanks to these valuable partnerships, companies of all sizes are able to achieve success in projects that matter,” Marina Mayer, editor, Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

The SDCE 100 spotlights successful and innovative projects that deliver bottom-line value to enterprises across the range of supply chain functions, helping customers and clients achieve supply chain excellence and prepare their supply chains for success. This is true of Blume Global’s project with OL USA, which created a new single, clear, efficient platform to empower customers to be more proactive in mitigating shipping disruptions and making critical supply chain decisions.

About Blume Global

From the world’s largest global retailers, manufacturers and consumer products companies to the smallest owner-operator drayage trucking companies, success depends on end-to-end visibility and orchestration of global supply chain networks. Every move. Every mode. Every mile. With its AI-enabled, data-driven digital platform and solutions for real-time visibility, logistics execution, asset management, optimization and financial audit & settlement, Blume Global leverages 25 years of data insights, its globally connected network, and advanced technologies to help enterprises be more agile and responsive, improve service delivery and reduce costs. Learn more at blumeglobal.com.

 

Media Contacts

Katie Bromley
Blume Global
404-245-8873
Katie.Bromley@blumeglobal.com

Jackie D’Andrea
InkHouse (for Blume Global)
781-820-5476
blume@inkhouse.com

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