Trends

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Recording

Trends, Visibility, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Maximize supply chain visibility’

Supply Chain Media organized together with Tesisquare a webinar about how to maximize supply chain visibility. It is not an overstatement to say that supply chain complexity can be both a boon and a bane. New …

pritization

Trends

Prioritization in supply chain: delay, delegate or do?

Today’s supply chain disruptions demand a great deal of attention, but supply chain executives have so many other issues – such as digitization and sustainability – to deal with. How on earth can they set …

reshoring

Trends

Strong rise predicted in reshoring of critical parts and final assembly to Europe and US

Over 60% of European and US companies expect to reshore some of their production activities from Asia back to Europe or the US over the next three years. In most of these cases it is …

start-ups

Trends

Investment in European supply chain start-ups lags behind

European start-ups receive just 8% of the capital invested in logistics innovation worldwide. This low percentage is in stark contrast with European companies’ large share (46%) of the global logistics market. Why is Europe lagging …

Smartmile

Sustainability, Trends

Smartmile and DHL Express partner up for more sustainable deliveries

Smartmile has joined forces with DHL Express in the Netherlands in a pilot project to make parcel deliveries more sustainable. DHL Express is the second carrier that Smartmile has integrated as part of its vision …

Makro

Trends

Makro transitions to centralized ordering

Wholesaler Makro has completed an optimization project to future-proof its supply chain. Supported by Slimstock’s Slim4 inventory optimization software, the wholesaler has made a smooth transition to centralized ordering instead of the previous store-level approach. …

high potentials

Trends

Advice to high potentials in supply chain: beware of the generation gap

Today’s high potentials are looking for a job with purpose and want to make an impact – both within the organization and in society as a whole. That can create friction with their managers, who …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Global Reshoring & Footprint Strategy’

To decentralize your manufacturing and distribution or not? More than 60% of the respondents in a new global footprint survey (with very strong participation from European and US companies) are planning to re-shore or on-shore in …

Philips

Trends

Disappointing sales growth and profits for Philips

Technology company Philips warned investors at the end of last year to expect disappointing sales growth and profits, despite a 17% increase in orders. According to Frans van Houten, CEO of Philips, in the Dutch …

Fair supply chains

Trends

Addressing the negative effects of quick commerce

The popularity of home deliveries, and especially of food, is growing rapidly. According to research firm Kantar, the ‘quick commerce’ players are on track to generate an annual turnover of one billion euros by the …