Request For Problems (RFP)
As a company involved in supply chain, how do you find the right software vendor to support your necessary digitalization? That’s a question that comes up again and again during the many conversations I have …
Trends
Where does blockchain go from here?
Implementation of blockchain in supply chain seems to have reached an impasse. What’s next for the technology born from the world of cryptocurrency? Since it made the leap about six years ago from the then-obscure …
Eline Oudenbroek, Interface: “Our supply chain is almost completely circular and bio-based”
In 1994, the founder of Interface, a manufacturer of carpet, rubber and vinyl tiles, launched ‘Mission Zero’ and set himself the goal of eliminating the company’s negative impact on the planet by 2020. He succeeded, …
How to get an A for your thesis
A few years ago Martijn Lofvers gave a presentation about Strategy Mindmapping to an audience of roughly 80 persons at a supply chain conference in Paris. Afterwards about 20 attendees lined up to hand over …
Sustainability, Trends, Visibility
Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Minespider
Minespider is a blockchain-based traceability platform for mining and raw materials tracking. The supply chain start-up was founded by Nathan Williams in Berlin, Germany, in 2018. Based on the vision of a world where tracked, responsible …
Xeneta market forecast: freight rates, volumes and demand will decline
After two years of rising rates and severe pressure on capacity, the rapidly cooling ocean freight market appears to be heading for an “extremely challenging year” in 2023. That is the conclusion of the ocean …
Picnic wins Dutch logistics award
Online supermarket Picnic has won the Dutch Logistics Award 2022, organized by the Netherlands’ Logistics Management Association (vLm). The professional jury praised Picnic’s delivery concept and exceptional performance, based on the high load factor and high …
Companies plan increased investments in digital transformation
Digitalization is high on the agenda for companies worldwide. Despite a shrinking global economy, as many as 60% of businesses plan to increase investments in their digital transformation in 2023, according to the ‘Mind the …
Decentralize production and logistics
Thou shalt... test and reimagine supply chain scenarios In recent decades, supply chains have become longer and more complex due to globalization. Access to global markets and the ability to manufacture in low-wage countries with low …
Maersk and IBM pull the plug on TradeLens
AP Moller-Maersk and IBM are discontinuing their blockchain platform TradeLens, which has failed in its ambition to revolutionize the shipping industry. The platform will go offline around the end of the first quarter of 2023. TradeLens …
