Tesco

Trends

Tesco Direct website to close due to high fulfilment costs

In an announcement on 23 May, UK grocery giant Tesco has partly blamed high fulfilment costs for its decision to close down its non-food website Tesco Direct. After conducting a detail review of Tesco Direct, …

inNOWvate Supply Chain Event

inNOWvate, Reports, Trends

Supply chain professionals searching for innovation at inNOWvate event

What are the latest innovations in the field of supply chain management? And how can these innovations be applied in practice? Find the answers to these – and other – questions at the first-ever edition …

Stockspots

Sustainability, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Stockspots

Founded in 2017 by Coen de Lange and Remko Been, Stockspots connects organizations that need warehousing space and services with organizations that have surplus space and labour availability. From a single platform, users can manage …

cultural intelligence

Blogs

Building strong relations through innovation & co-creation in China

Design thinking can help SMEs to improve their attractiveness to Chinese business partners. And innovation and co-creation can save companies up to €200,000 and ten weeks of product development work. How? Heidi Larsen reveals all …

consulting

Trends

Consultants being swept along by wave of digitalization

The digitalization of supply chains is posing new challenges for companies. What possibilities does digitalization offer? Which technologies should they implement? How can they utilize the data they gather to add value? For the answers …

Cargonexx

inNOWvate, Trends

10 Companies through to Second Round of European Supply Chain Start-up Contest

Out of the 26 entries from across the continent for the first-ever edition of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest, ten companies have now been selected to progress through to the second round. This means …

Quicargo

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Quicargo

Quicargo is focused on road freight matching through an online transport platform that identifies unused empty space in trucks from different carriers. The smart technology matches real-time shipment requests with directly available carriers, enabling customers …

Jungheinrich

Trends

Jungheinrich expands in Central and Eastern Europe

Intralogistics solution provider Jungheinrich has moved and expanded its regional warehouse not far from the Slovakian capital of Bratislava to achieve even shorter delivery times and increased availability of spare parts. The new site supplies …

planning

Checklist, Planning

Checklist Integrated Business Planning

If you have completed the first few phases of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and are now ready to take things to the next level, it is time to take a closer look at Integrated …

Software, Trends

Online retailer Bergzeit opens new logistics centre to improve responsiveness

Bergzeit, a German online retailer of outdoor and mountaineering equipment attracting over 1.5 million visitors per month to its online shop, has opened a newly constructed central warehouse in Otterfing, Bavaria, Germany. The warehouse complex …