Walmart wants to increase its grocery business and one way to do that is to have more control over its food supply chain, reports Business Insider. To that end, Walmart has filed six patent applications for agriculture drones that will help automate farming. Read more...

According to Freight Waves, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) and JDA software are working together to bring machine learning and artificial intelligence to the supply chain.

K+N and GT Nexus have partnered to launch a supply chain management platform, reports PYMNTS.com. The platform will connect connect all of the supply chain partners, including buyers, sellers, global shippers and logistics companies to facilitate the exchange of information.