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Checklist for Supply Chain risk management

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Checklist for Supply Chain Risk Management

Geographical risk events are currently top-of-mind among purchasing and supply chain managers as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. While risks like quality control issues and mechanical failures are generally easier to predict, geographical risk …

Mindmap for Fulfilment Automation

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Mindmap for Fulfilment Automation

In this age of immediacy, a company needs a customer-centric fulfilment strategy that allows for fluidity of workflows, functionality and operations. GreyOrange, a global technology company unifying AI-driven software and mobile robotics, and Supply Chain …

Top 28 Supply Chain Executives Europe

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Chief supply chain officers must pull the right strategic levers

Today’s supply chain executives are facing an extremely difficult agenda, with a high urgency to act. The ongoing turmoil in global supply chains, due to all kinds of shortages, is screaming out for more resilience. …

Tariq Farooq

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Tariq Farooq of Sanofi leads the Top 28 Supply Chain Executives Europe in 2021

The number 1 professional in the 2021 edition of the Top 28 Supply Chain Executives in Europe is Tariq Farooq, SVP Global Supply Chain at Sanofi based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has climbed the ranking …

Cover MOV Q4

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Supply Chain Movement 43 | Networks & Transportation

The main theme of the Q4, 2021 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Networks & Transportation. This issue appeared digitally on november 25 and has been received in hard-copy november 26. 12 | Profile Isabelle …

Circular Tree

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Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: CircularTree

Companies often have little to no reliable information about the environmental and social impact of their supply chain, especially beyond their direct suppliers. CircularTree was founded in Berlin in 2018 with the aim of creating …

e-fulfilment

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Belgium is missing out on e-fulfilment opportunities

E-fulfilment for the Belgian market often takes place in the Netherlands. One reason e-commerce companies are avoiding Belgium is because of the tight restrictions on night-time working, and the slow permit procedures do not help …

digital twins

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Digital twins enable companies to continuously analyse risks

There is a seemingly endless stream of supply chain disruptions, and some factories are even at a standstill because of parts shortages and transport delays. Companies that have neglected their risk management are currently fighting …

data science

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Looking to data science for explanations

Data science can add value in almost every part of the supply chain – not only in demand planning, but also in transportation and warehousing. So when it comes to deploying data science, where should …

supply chain disruptions

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Executives were overconfident about their preparedness for supply chain disruptions

Senior managers initially thought they were well-prepared to deal with supply chain disruptions, according to pre- and post-COVID-19 research conducted among 203 executives by DuPont Sustainable Solutions. In 2019, more than eight out of ten executives …