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C O MPANY NE W S

FedEx extends

support to India

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, donated a
second dedicated charter flight carrying critical medical
aid to India. This is part of the company’s continuous
relief efforts to support India’s fight against the recent
COVID-19 surge. Thousands of oxygen concentrators
and converters and over two million masks are among
the medical supplies airlifted to India through charitable
shipping.

On 16 May, more than 780 oxygen concentrators, over
1.8 million KN95 masks, medicines and pharmaceutical
supplies were unloaded from a charter flight in New
Delhi, India by Direct Relief to be delivered to health care Panasonic acquires
facilities across the country. This is in addition to the
first FedEx donated charter flight that arrived on 9 May, Blue Yonder
which transported more than 3,400 oxygen concentrators,
converters and nearly 265,000 KN95 masks for Direct Courtesy SupplyChainBrain
Relief to Mumbai, India. Both charters originated in
Newark, New Jersey. Panasonic Corporation recently acquired Blue Yonder,
an end-to-end, digital fulfilment platform provider.
FedEx is also supporting the transportation of over Panasonic will purchase the remaining 80 percent
25,000 oxygen concentrators and converters through an of shares of Blue Yonder, adding to the 20 percent it
initiative with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum acquired in July 2020.
and other multinational companies.
This acquisition aligns with Panasonic’s Autonomous
Supply Chain mission, encouraging customers to
optimise their supply chains using the combined power
of AI/ML and IoT and edge devices. By unifying supply,
demand and commerce solutions with IoT and edge
technologies, companies can utilise predictive business
insights to pivot their operation in real-time. Combining
Panasonic’s experience in industrial engineering, IoT
and edge technologies with Blue Yonder’s AI/ML-driven
supply chain and commerce solutions will enhance Blue
Yonder’s digital fulfilment platform.

“I’m extremely happy to welcome Blue Yonder
and its associates to the Panasonic Group,” says Yuki
Kusumi, CEO of Panasonic. “By merging the two
Oxygen concentrators, masks and critical medical supplies are companies, we would like to realise a world where L O GI S T I CS NEWS
unloaded from a FedEx charter flight for delivery at New Delhi, waste is autonomously eliminated from all supply chain
India. Photo source: FedEx. operations and the cycle of sustainable improvement
continues.” •

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