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Fast Radius, Inc. is a leading cloud manufacturing and digital supply chain company. The Cloud Manufacturing Platform™ from Fast Radius is a first-of-its-kind solution that integrates design, production, and fulfillment operations through a common digital infrastructure to make manufacturing easier, more accessible, and more sustainable. Founded in 2017, Fast Radius, Inc. is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Atlanta, Louisville, and Singapore and micro-factories in Chicago and at the UPS Worldport facility in Louisville, KY.

Deliv is a crowdsourced, same-day delivery service that extends the reach of omnichannel retailers and provides their customers with an even more exceptional shopping experience. The company helps retailers enhance their customer experience by giving customers the choice to receive their items whenever and wherever they want. Deliv allows retailers to offer their customers a same-day delivery option as they shop from their website, mobile app or even when they are shopping in their physical brick and mortar stores.   The same-day delivery button is simply added into the existing checkout process which allows the retailer to maintain ownership and data from each customer transaction. All same-day delivery orders (whether purchased online or in the store) are fulfilled and delivered from local brick and mortar stores, which now allow retailers’ stores to strategically become local distribution centers. This allows retailers to deliver faster and cheaper and in a more convenient way than any pure play eCommerce player like Amazon.   Deliv has partnered with nearly 100 national and regional omnichannel retailers, as well as the four largest mall operators in the U.S., Simon Property Group, Macerich, Westfield and General Growth Properties. These mall operators manage close to 800 malls across the country, and extend this offering to all of its tenant retailers. Deliv is currently live with almost 100 retailers in nine malls across the four mall operators in five geographies within California and Illinois. Deliv is quickly expanding to dozens of other geographies nationwide.   Deliv’s crowdsourced drivers are made up of highly educated, experienced customer service and sales personnel. They are rated by customers so the platform is able to prioritize the allocation of jobs to those with the highest ratings. The Deliv platform incorporates smart routing and full transparency including the ability for shoppers to watch their delivery on a map real time from pickup to delivery to their doorstep.    To date, Deliv has raised $12.5 million from traditional, institutional and strategic investors including the four mall operators, Simon, Macerich, Westfield and GGP, as well as General Catalyst Partners, Operators Fund, PivotNorth Capital, RPM Ventures and Upfront Ventures.

Optoro is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider with a returns management system (RMS) for brands, retailers, and 3PLs. The RMS spans the entire returns lifecycle— from return initiation, return methods, dispositioning/grading, restock, and ultimately resale. Optoro's RMS threads together the returns experience from customer-facing returns channels (website portal) to back-end operational systems like WMS.

HubLogix is a SaaS based solution that empowers online retailers to automate logistics process throughout the order lifecycle. We work with some of the the leading commerce platforms (e.g. Channel Advisor, Magento, Shopify, Amazon, etc.) and a growing eco-system of third party logistics providers and distributors to make sure orders go from cart to doorstep as efficiently as possibly.

Roadie is the first on-the-way delivery network. The app-based community utilizes unused capacity in passenger vehicles, connecting people with stuff to send with drivers already heading in that direction. Simply put, Roadie is a faster, cheaper, friendlier way to get your goods, no matter its shape or size, from where it is to where it needs to be.  The Roadie app enables efficient, low-cost delivery for senders and rewards drivers for trips they were already taking, offering members of the community a variety of benefits including free roadside assistance, roadside discounts, and tax write-offs on miles they were already driving.

Skytree is a California-based software company that develops and publishes a machine learning platform for advanced analytics. The company offers a platform that gives organizations the power to discover analytic insights, predict future trends, make recommendations, and reveal untapped markets and customers. Backed by investments from US Venture Partners, Javelin Venture Partners, Samsung, UPS, and In-Q-Tel, Skytree is involved in enterprise-grade machine learning. The company was founded in 2012 by [Martin Hack](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/martin-hack) and [Alexander Gray](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alexander-gray). It is headquartered in San Jose, C.A.

Datacert is the premier global provider of legal operations management solutions, including legal and intellectual property (IP) spend and matter management software and services.  In addition, DataCert offers Stack, an expert witness search service, which is designed to reduce the time and money spent locating experts.  The companyâ€™s products include Advanced Invoice Management System (AIMS), a legal spend management solution that provides corporate counsel powerful tools and information to gain visibility into legal spend, streamline and automate the invoice approval process, collaborate with outside counsel, and more strategically manage law firm relationships and legal department resources; AIMS IP, a practice-specific spend management solution that allows corporate finance and IP managers to take control of their IP spend; and Corporate Legal Desktop (CLD), a legal operations management solution that combines matter management and legal and IP spend management into a single application that provides a comprehensive view of the relationships between costs, financial and business risks, legal department workload, outside counsel use, and matter status, while reducing the time attorneys spend on administrative tasks.  In addition, the company offers implementation, integration design/development, data migration and conversion, and training services.  It serves Fortune and Global Fortune 500 corporations in every major industry sector, including financial services, consumer goods, consumer services, industrials, technology and telecommunications, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, and oil and gas/utilities.  In addition, 100% of the AmLaw 200 and 92% of the Global AmLaw 100 law firms are DataCert customers.   DataCert was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, Toronto, and Chennai.

Savi is the leader in applying big data analytics, data science, and machine learning to in-transit visibility. We develop innovative Internet of Things (IoT) and in-transit visibility solutions for the largest and most complex supply chains in the world. More than 1,000 companies and government organizations depend on Savi applications to reduce supply chain disruptions, improve delivery performance, and decrease logistics costs. For more information about Savi visit www.savi.com.

Servigistics is the world's leading enterprise software solution provider for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM). As the recognized leader in SLM, Servigistics’ main goal is to help their clients transform their service business operations to achieve new sources of revenue, profits, competitive differentiation and customer loyalty. At Servigistics, their mission is to consistently deliver beyond their client expectations so they can consistently deliver beyond their customer expectations.

UPS is a package delivery company that offers the transportation of packages and freight and the facilitation of international trade.

<div> United Parcel Service, also known as UPS (NYSE: UPS), is one of the world's premier package-delivering companies and global supply chain solution management providers. As of 2022, the company delivered an average of 24.3 million packages daily.&nbsp; UPS&rsquo; operations are divided into two main segments: Global Small Packages and Supply Chain Solutions. The former is further divided into two sections: US Domestic Package and International Package. The US Domestic Package segment accounted for ~64% of the total revenue of USD 100 billion in 2022, followed by International Package (~20%) and Supply Chain Solutions (~16%). The US operation accounts for nearly 80% of the group&rsquo;s revenue.&nbsp; In November 2023, UPS acquired Happy Returns from PayPal to improve its return logistics. It also acquired MNX Global Logistics and Transports CHABAS Sant&eacute; in 2023 to strengthen its cold chain network within the US, European, and Latin American markets.&nbsp; UPS aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 in all operations by using 40% alternative substitutes to fossil fuels by 2025, 30% sustainable aviation fuel, and 100% renewable electricity in all facilities by 2035. </div>

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Automation and robotics are finally creating solutions for the complexities of doorstep deliveries.

Last-mile Delivery Automation

Refers to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that deliver packages. Drones are already in commercial use in many other industries (such as photography, construction, and agriculture). The use of drones for goods delivery has emerged with the gradual advancement of battery and connectivity technologies.

Refers to autonomous vehicles that use pedestrian walkways and travel a little faster than average walking speed (generally 3-6 miles an hour). These vehicles can usually carry up to around 20 lb. and use a camera, radar, and sensors to move autonomously. 

This is a sub-branch of self-driving cars and represents autonomous vehicles that can move along public roads. The technology used is similar to self-driving cars. ADVs have a higher load capacity and travel at a faster speed than vehicles like droids.

Making cold chains faster, smarter, and cooler.

Cold Chain Innovation

Companies providing cold chain storage solutions, such as refrigerated facilities and warehouses for the secure storage of temperature-sensitive goods

Companies offering technologies to track and maintain precise temperature conditions throughout the entire supply chain, such as IoT sensors and temperature monitoring devices

Companies that design and produce packaging solutions to safeguard the integrity of temperature-sensitive products during transport

Companies that facilitate the safe and controlled movement of temperature-sensitive goods from one location to another, employing specialized equipment and logistics

Companies that provide technology-driven solutions to optimize and manage parts or all of the cold chain process

AI, robotics, and IoT to streamline the flow of goods and information

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 <li>United Parcel Service (UPS) has inaugurated its largest warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, aiming to deploy over 3,000 robots by the end of 2024, focusing on tasks like lifting to minimize manual labor.</li>
 <li>Automation contributes to a 30% increase in worker retention and a 40% reduction in injuries related to lifting heavy objects and repetitive tasks. The use of robots is also expected to enhance order processing speed and accuracy, improve inventory management, and optimize space utilization.</li>
 <li>UPS notes this will enable the company to run the warehouse with approximately 200 workers at the start.</li>
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UPS has opened its largest warehouse in Kentucky, where they plan to deploy 3,000 robots by 2024. These robots will be used for tasks like lifting to reduce manual labor. Automation is expected to increase worker retention by 30% and decrease injuries by 40%. The use of robots will also improve order processing, inventory management, and space utilization. Initially, the warehouse will be operated by around 200 workers.

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