E-commerce giant Amazon has opened a new innovation lab in Vercelli (northern Italy) to support the development and use of new warehouse technologies. The main objective is to explore how innovative technologies can make the …
German businesses will soon be legally obliged to screen their suppliers for compliance with human rights standards. The Bundestag (German parliament) approved the supply chain bill or Lieferkettengesetz (LKG) on 11 June. The bill is already …
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The main theme of the Q2, 2021 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Planning & IT. This issue appeared digitally on June 10 and has been received in hard-copy on June 11. 12 | Profile …
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain management is at the top of the management board’s priority list, second only to employee safety. Most companies have been hit hard on both the supply side and …
Now that a new generation of professionals is taking the helm, we are seeing a clear shift in organizations’ attitudes to technology. “The focus is on speed and flexibility, which is reflected in what I …
While the traditional practice of silo-based supply chain planning appears to be a hard habit to break, there are encouraging signs of a shift towards a more integral approach. Dynamic planning entails continuous and real-time …
German car makers have been forced to halt production due to a shortage of computer chips on more than one occasion recently. This is now having a knock-on effect on suppliers, as Stefan Hartung from …
Packaging producer DS Smith has installed Sixfold’s tool to gain real-time insight into its transport flows. During a recent webinar by Supply Chain Media in collaboration with Sixfold and Transporeon, DS Smith’s Head of Logistics …
Rather than being a necessary evil for retailers, the supply chain has now become a key success factor for greater customer satisfaction. According to Consafe Logistics during a recent Supply Chain Media webinar on omnichannel …
Cisco Systems has once again secured the number-one spot in analyst firm Gartner’s annual Supply Chain Top 25. Colgate-Palmolive is in second place and Johnson & Johnson is listed third. In fourth and fifth position …
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