According to Japan Times, while researchers are racing to create a Covid-19 vaccine not much is being done to ensure that the cold supply chain can handle the logistics of shipping the vaccine world wide. 

We’ve already seen the costs of supply-chain failures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Delays in the production of simple nasal swabs slowed testing by months even as the pandemic exploded in the U.S. 

Craft, an enterprise intelligence company, has secured funding to begin building its “supply chain intelligence” platform, reports Tech Crunch.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have suddenly become hot. Who knew that would ever happen? The race to secure PPE, ventilators and minor things like food was and still is an enormous issue. 

A UK based grocery has automated its supplier onboarding process, reports MarTech Series.

OpenText announced that Co-op Group, a leading UK-based grocery retailer, has automated supplier on-boarding for some of its suppliers with OpenText Trading Grid.