Quiet Logistics is a third-party logistics (3PL) company headquartered in Devens, Massachusetts. Quiet specializes in providing order fulfillment and returns management services to e-commerce retailers.[1] In November 2021, American Eagle Outfitters announced that it would acquire Quiet Logistics for $350 million in cash.[2]
Early years
Quiet Logistics was co-founded in 2009 by Bruce Welty and Michael Johnson.[3] Both have backgrounds in supply chain management, having co-founded, in 1987, warehouse management system (WMS) vendor Allpoints Systems, in Norwood, Massachusetts, and, in 2003, Scenic Technologies Corp. Quiet was the first third-party logistics company to use Kiva Systems' warehouse robotics system.[4]