Trends

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learning organization

Trends

Learning organization requires learning leaders

As a supply chain leader, how do you create an environment in which people are continuously learning? Firstly by setting a good example yourself, it was revealed during Webinar Wednesday. And then by creating an …

visibility

Blogs, Sustainability, Trends

CO₂ Subway Map

Measuring one’s own CO₂ emissions seems to be more popular among consumers than among businesses. According to news agency Bloomberg, smartphone apps that track individual CO₂ emissions from purchases are very much on the rise. …

Recording

Webinar Recording, Trends

Recording webinar ‘E2E Supply Chain Control & Outsourcing Survey’

With ongoing global disruptions, companies need more resilience. What are the primary drivers for achieving end-to-end (E2E) visibility within supply chains, and how does this visibility contribute to value creation and improved decision-making? Despite the …

Roberto Canevari, Estée Lauder

Exclusively in magazine, Trends

Roberto Canevari, Estée Lauder: “For a company to win, you must remove the silos”

Roberto Canevari is no stranger to luxury goods having previously worked for the Burberry Group. He is renowned for being a collaborative and inspirational leader, and is also a member of The Estée Lauder Companies …

food industry

Trends

Dutch food industry output falls for third year in a row

In 2024, the food industry in the Netherlands will face a production contraction for the third year in a row. This year that contraction is 1%, according to ING bank. This is slightly worse than …

resilience

Trends

73% of companies change supply chain to achieve greater resilience

As many as 73% of companies have added or removed manufacturing sites in their supply chain over the past two years. This is according to new research from Gartner. These changes are the result of …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘The growing importance of Supply Chain Learning and Development’

Uncertainty is a fact of life within supply chains. In today’s VUCA world, organisations struggle to maintain their supply chain performance, let alone improve it. And it is supply chain performance which is the foundation …

S&OP

Software, Trends

S&OP should offer companies a helicopter view

Is Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) a science or an art? That is the question Jan Kraaijeveld of Slimstock discussed during Webinar Wednesday. The reason that many companies struggle with S&OP, he said, is because …

talent shortage

Trends

Talent shortage remains a ‘critical challenge’

Despite all relevant efforts, 48% of companies consider the supply chain talent shortage a critical challenge. However, this is down slightly from 50% in 2023. These findings come from recruiter Alcott Global following new research …

Ikea

Trends

Ikea expands drone use for inventory management

Ikea has been utilizing drones for inventory management for some time, but is now expanding its use of the technology. The Swedish chain of department stores will deploy an upgraded AI-powered system that supports its …