legislation

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Legislation forces companies to dive into their supply chains

European legislation such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is forcing companies to work on sustainability. Many efforts focus on mapping Scope 3 emissions. Calculating or …

Magne Setnes

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Magne Setnes, Heineken: “We now do more cross-border shipments to counter disruptions”

Magne Setnes joined Dutch brewery giant Heineken 25 years ago. He just completed a PhD in artificial intelligence, long before most of us had heard of it. His task was to collect and analyze data …

Leaderboard Supply Chain Company 07-10 tm 20-10-2024
cargo theft

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Strong rise in cargo theft

Cargo theft is increasing rapidly. A new case of truckload theft is now reported almost daily, whereas there were only a few cases per month up until recently. Consequently, transport insurers are increasingly deciding to …

Trend Vision Argon & Co

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Trend Vision Argon & Co: Protecting transformations against idea overkill

Under pressure from the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the need for more sustainability and circularity, food & beverage companies must undergo radical transformations. But only 25 to 40% of these transformations are successful. …

Leaderboard e2open 30-9 tm 27-10-2024
upply chain network design

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Supply chain network design requires more than just a smart tool

The need to evaluate supply chain design is increasing due to geopolitical conflicts, rising trade tariffs and climate change. But how should it be done? What competences do you need? And what are the prerequisites …

sustainability

Blogs, Sustainability, Trends

Difficult choices about sustainability

In the past year, the European Union (EU) has adopted various sustainability directives, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), …

Leaderboard Gryn 14-10 tm 27-10-2024
work-life balance

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Three quarters of logistics professionals are satisfied with work-life balance

An impressive three quarters (75%) of logistics professionals are satisfied with their current work-life balance. This is according to Protime’s survey of over 200 professionals in the logistics sector. Although a significant proportion of those …

crippling decision-making

Blogs, Software, Trends

Focus on process design

With the wave of consolidation among vendors of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and planning software, many supply chain improvement projects have now become more like software implementations. Central to this is that operational and …