Trends

Trends

Brexit

Trends

Growing concerns about impact of Brexit on supply chains

Logistics service providers and customs agents are being inundated with questions about Brexit. In the run-up to a webinar about Brexit, for example, Belgian logistics service provider H. Essers received no less than 600 questions …

Cyber Monday

Software, Trends

Cyber Monday generates unprecedented peak in parcel volumes

This year’s Black Friday was expected to be busy, but according to the latest figures it broke all existing online records. Dutch shipping platform Sendcloud reports processing 136% more parcels on Black Friday than on …

supply chain

Trends

Pandemic inspires three quarters of companies to improve supply chain resilience

COVID-19 is a catalyst for change. Three quarters of companies will be adapting their supply chain practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic, according to a survey by supply chain software and service provider …

Dirk Holbach

Trends

Henkel’s Dirk Holbach the new No. 1 Supply Chain Executive in Europe

The winner of the 2020 edition of the Top 28 Supply Chain Executives in Europe is Dirk Holbach, the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Henkel Laundry & Home Care based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He …

FarmTrace

Trends, Visibility

FarmTrace provides end-to-end visibility of production data

FarmTrace, a platform for cattle farming data, has ambitious growth plans in Europe and the USA. The platform provides insight into production data for the entire food value chain: farmers, retailers and consumers. FarmTrace was …

Descartes

Trends

Descartes acquires last-mile expert ShipTrack

Descartes, a leader in supply chain and logistics software solutions, has taken over the Canadian company ShipTrack, a provider of last-mile solutions for e-commerce companies, in an acquisition valued at US$25 million. ShipTrack provides cloud-based mobile …

Shaun Phillips QAD DynaSys

Trend visions, Trends, Visibility

Trend vision QAD DynaSys: “Disruption is the new normal”

The year 2021 will not see a return to 2019, but it will probably be less disruptive than 2020, according to Shaun Phillips, Director of Product and Market at QAD DynaSys. Greater supply uncertainty has …

Lucien Besse B2B customers are increasingly looking for a B2C customer experience

Trend visions, Trends, Visibility

Lucien Besse, Shippeo: “B2B customers are increasingly looking for a B2C customer experience”

Many supply chains have emerged from the coronavirus crisis stronger than before and are now more agile and better prepared to cope with rapid changes. Visibility is crucial, and is especially challenging in multimodal and …

supply chain networks

Exclusively in magazine, Magazine, Reports, Trends

Supply Chain Movement 39 | Digital Twins

The main theme of the Q4 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Digital Twins. A digital twin of your own could do more than just simple paperwork. Thanks to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, …

Paul Campbell

Sustainability, Trends

Paul Campbell, PepsiCo: “To deal with challenges you need diversity of thinking”

The last six months have forced instantaneous decision-making and laid bare the need for visibility and transparency in the supply chain. At the same time the ability to accomplish what might have seemed impossible has …