Retail Business Services, Ahold Delhaize USA’s services company, is working with five startups in the second round of its Supply Chain Seed Programme, an immersive, 10-week opportunity to build next-generation products or services to solve problems in the retail supply chain.
“New ideas and creative solutions are more important than ever”
The Supply Chain Seed Programme is a partnership with Venture Café, a non-profit organization in New England focused on growing inclusive entrepreneurship. The programme teams up these five startups with supply chain leaders to develop new and innovative technologies and applications.
This year’s programme finalists are the following:
- End2End Solutions: provides a set of Internet of Things solutions and services designed to improve supply chain visibility
- Evergreens Farms: provides vertical farming technology to produce anywhere, regardless of climate, and deliver consistently high-quality product year-round
- GoWheels!: is currently developing a radically redesigned wheel with a replaceable tire for carts used in distribution and transportation centers
- NanoThings: focuses on a cold-chain traceability solution by utilizing Internet of Things technology from source to store
- Produce Pics: provides a computer vision-based application for reducing food waste in supply chain
All five startups will pitch their solutions next month at a Supply Chain Innovation Conference organised by Venture Café Cambridge, and one will be named the most viable technology for the future retail supply chain.
Dan Covert, director of supply chain innovation for Retail Business Services, commented: “The coronavirus pandemic brought incredible challenges to the global supply chain industry, and suppliers and retailers are still working to recover, while also planning for the future.
“New ideas and creative solutions are more important than ever, and partnerships like the Supply Chain Seed Program are a key way we can encourage and support those approaches. We look forward to seeing what these five finalists will bring forward.”
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