Anne van de Poel, Too Good To Go: ‘Get data out of silos’
Anne van de Poel left Mars Wrigley to become Global Manufacturing Lead at Too Good To Go, a scale-up that aims to create a world without food waste. According to her, the biggest problem is …
Trends
MediaMarkt makes its same-day deliveries more sustainable
Consumer electronics retailer MediaMarkt has chosen the Bringly platform to deliver its online orders on the same day and carbon-neutrally. The orders will be delivered by bicycle or electric cars from MediaMarkt’s stores and various …
Autonomous mobile robots can make fulfilment cheaper, faster and better
Online turnover has risen sharply in recent years and many retailers are now faced with having to make major investments in their supply chains. They need to increase their fulfilment capacity and set up local …
Planning, Software, Trends, Webinar Recording
Recording webinar ‘Software-driven planning as the response to volatile demand’
Accurate and software driven supply chain planning has never been more important than in the past two years. Companies that rely mainly on their experience and gut feeling inevitably hit their limits during the covid …
Stress-testing the business strategy with digital twins
Companies need to improve their responsiveness to market changes and supply chain disruptions, but most supply chains don’t allow time to try out new concepts. Digital twins offer a solution, but how do you go …
Recording webinar ‘Future proof fulfilment with robotization’
A series of forces are colliding to challenge the structure and operation of many supply chains and their ability to meet rapidly changing expectations for fulfilment of orders. Amazon Prime, same-day/next-day, the pandemic, shortages of …
Adidas adopts new supply chain transparency solution
TrusTrace, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company with a platform for product traceability and supply chain transparency within fashion and retail, has introduced TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance. This one-stop solution enables near real-time traceability at the material …
Panic buying will worsen supply chain disruption from the war in Ukraine
Responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by overstocking and double-ordering supplies risks creating unnecessary disruption, says Professor Carlos Cordon. By Carlos Cordon From discussions I’ve had with supply chain managers over the past week, it is clear there …
Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Akuret
Akuret provides cloud-based software that helps retailers to achieve and maintain accurate inventory data and high on-shelf availability. The start-up was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2019 by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) colleagues …
Sales & Operations Planning: just jump in at the deep end
Despite significant efforts, sales and operations remain two completely different worlds within many companies. How can we bring them closer together? Richard Evans from Slimstock advocated a practical approach during a recent Webinar Wednesday. Instead …
