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truck monitoring

Trends, Visibility

Two free truck monitoring solutions for use during coronavirus crisis

During the coronavirus crisis, supply chain visibility is extremely important for all links in the chain. Truck monitoring can play a valuable role in transparency, which is why the German start-up Synfioo is offering a …

Every Angle

Sean Culey, Trends

Amazon finally makes its move in the grocery industry

I’ve written and spoken a lot about Amazon over the past five years, deep diving into their strategies, their culture and their mindset in order to understand why they are so successful. I have built …

Transporeon

Trends

Transporeon provides free access to information about European freight transport

Transporeon is providing free-of-charge access to information about the latest developments in the European road transport market – including transport prices and freight capacity – for decision-makers in logistics, business and public administration. The company …

ITsubwaymap.com

Software, Trends

Interactive overview of software vendors and their solutions

Supply Chain Media has launched ITsubwaymap.com, a new website in support of its popular IT Subway Map. The interactive and freely accessible online version has been live since January. The new website enables online visitors …

Supply Chain Inspector

Trends

The analytics engine called Supply Chain Inspector

Dimanex, a Dutch start-up based in Utrecht that makes 3D printing easy for supply chain teams, launched Supply Chain Inspector in mid-November 2019. It is an analytics tool that makes use of semantic search and …

supply chain academies

Trends

Supply chain academies close the gap between theory and practice

If they are to withstand the major challenges of our times, companies need to continue to evolve. That means having access to the right talent, but how can they develop that? A growing number of …

innovation

Trends

Innovate or die

Over the past decades, innovation has become a buzzword that seems to appear at least once in any article that’s more than a hundred words long. The term ‘innovate or die’ is often used to …

online shops

Content, Reports, Trends

Coronavirus is now causing supply chain problems for online shops too

More than half (60%) of online shops in Europe are experiencing supply chain problems due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to new research by Ecommerce Europe. This is sometimes due to limitations in the import …

SCM Corona

Planning, Trends

Three-quarters of European supply chains are negatively impacted by coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is having a clear impact on the supply chains of virtually all European manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Although 78% of them are experiencing a negative short-term impact, 17% are noticing positive effects. …

Philips

Trends

Victoria Cantemir, Philips: “Our supply chain needs to be super agile and flexible”

Philips has a long history of innovation. From the commercialisation of electric light bulbs at the turn of the 20th century to X-rays, television and the development of many electrical household items, the Dutch multinational …