Aptean, Alpharetta, Ga., acquired Beck Consulting, a Concord, Calif.-based provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for the food industry.

Resilinc, Milpitas, Calif., partnered with Flextronics International, Milpitas, Calif., to deliver Resilinc’s next-generation supply chain monitoring, analytics and collaboration applications to Flex.

Idelic, Pittsburgh, Pa., closed on an $8 million Series A financing round led by Origin Ventures, Chicago, with participation from TDF Ventures, Chevy Chase, Md.; Birchmere Ventures, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bain Capital Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif.; and SaaS Venture Capital, Bethesda, Md.

DHL Supply Chain, Westerville, Ohio, implemented an integrated supply chain solution for Tetra Pak's warehouse in Singapore.

MonarchFx, a business unit of Tompkins International, Raleigh, N.C., announced a strategic alliance with Avectous, Santa Ana, Calif.

Matrix Sciences, Mount Prospect, Ill, announced a strategic alliance with TraceGains, Westminster, Colo., to offer integrated solutions that combine TraceGains software with Matrix Sciences’ food safety advisory services, laboratory testing and data analytics.

RELEX Solutions, Atlanta, acquired Zenopt, a Finland-based provider of advanced workforce optimization systems.

By 2025, the global warehouse management system (WMS) market will be worth $5 billion, growing at a CAGR of 13.9%, according to “Intelligent Supply Chain” research conducted by ABI Research, New York.

Blockchain is gaining significant momentum, proving to be much more than just hype for the food and beverage industry.

Robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue grew 63.1% in 2018 to $846 million, and is expected to bring in revenue reaching $1.3 billion in 2019, making it the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market, according to Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.