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Practical insights into supply chain innovation following the COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has proved to be a major business reset for many companies. The COVID-19 outbreak revealed fundamental vulnerabilities in supply chains and accelerated the digital transformation. Speakers at the 4th inNOWvate Supply Chain …

European supply chain start-up contest 2021

inNOWvate, Trends

AFTS, Garvis, Hedyla and Winddle in final of European start-up contest

The four European start-ups AFTS, Garvis, Hedyla and Winddle have reached the finals of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest 2021. They will present their innovative solutions in a brief elevator pitch at the hybrid …

European Supply Chain Scale-up contest 2021

inNOWvate, Trends

BigMile, BuyCo, doks.innovation and Mixmove in the running for European scale-up award

The scale-ups BigMile, BuyCo, doks.innovation and Mixmove will pitch their innovative solutions online during the hybrid inNOWvate Supply Chain Event on 18 May. Supply Chain Media has organized a separate contest for supply chain scale-ups, …

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Software, Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording Webinar Omni-channel WMS

The What, Why and How of Omni-channel Warehouse Management Anyone working in supply chain would agree that recent years has brought a range of new challenges. Event such as the Brexit, covid-19 crisis and the blockage …

Agco

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Agco achieves savings with end-to-end Transport Management System

Machinery manufacturer Agco has grown rapidly through acquisitions, which led to a complex supply chain with little cohesion. With a large-scale transformation project, Agco has turned the competition's backlog into an advantage. Part of this …

Supply Chain Start-up Award Europe

inNOWvate, Trends

Contestants make final preparations for European supply chain start-up and scale-up awards

A total of 15 start-ups have been shortlisted for the 4th Supply Chain Start-up Award Europe, and nine scale-ups are shortlisted for the scale-up award. The four finalists in each category will be announced on …

Wheel of Five

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Involvation’s Wheel of Five: Tackling complexity effectively

To help organizations recognize and successfully deal with good and bad variability, Involvation has developed the Wheel of Five for Supply Chain Management. After this initial introduction, the tool will be explained in a series …

road transport

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Road transport prices and capacity normalizing again

Prices for road transport are slowly returning to pre-pandemic levels, but there is still a lot less capacity available. These are the key findings based on a recent evaluation of the Transport Market Monitor (TMM). “We …

make or break the employment relationship with digital workers

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IT performance can make or break the employment relationship with digital workers

Many workers are now so dependent on information technology (IT) for their jobs that the effectiveness of their employer’s IT systems can make or break the working relationship. That is the conclusion of a report …

Hack at logistics service provider causes cheese shortage

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Hack at logistics service provider causes cheese shortage for grocery retailer Albert Heijn

A ransomware attack on Dutch logistics service provider Bakker Logistics disrupted deliveries of pre-packed cheese to grocery retailer Albert Heijn. Due to the hack, half of the logistics company’s trucks – around 250 drivers – …