black swan

Trends, Visibility

Black swan drives demand for new technology

Although virologists have long warned about viruses, the COVID-19 outbreak still came as a complete surprise to the vast majority of companies. To them, it was the ‘black swan’ event that had only existed in …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording Webinar End-to-End Transport Management

Supply Chain Media and Alpega TMS organized a webinar about end-to-end transport management. If you’ve ever experienced the frustration of trying to integrate multiple software solutions and manual processes for transportation management, this webinar recording is for …

Pandemic accelerates implementation of IBP

Planning, Software, Trends

Pandemic accelerates implementation of IBP

Following on from S&OP, many companies are working on the next step: the implementation of integrated business planning (IBP). What is the impact of COVID-19 on this step? Experts from McKinsey and Blue Yonder discussed …

Shipsta

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Shipsta

Shipsta was founded in 2015 by a handful of logistics experts on a mission to revolutionize logistics procurement using intelligent software solutions. With over 80 years of experience between them, they concluded that the digital transformation …

supply chain strategy

Planning, Software, Trends, Visibility

Producers and retailers plan to overhaul their supply chain strategy in the near future

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a sizable majority (66%) of consumer goods manufacturers and retailers plan to make major changes to their supply chain strategy in the next three years in order to improve …

bullwhip

Trends

Manufacturing industry faces problems due to strong growth and Suez congestion

The Nevi Purchasing Managers’ Index for the Dutch manufacturing industry rose from 59.6 to a record-breaking 64.7 in March 2021. Despite tough lockdowns, this was the biggest-ever increase in new orders placed at home and …

Leaderboard SCM Bubbles of Bogus 12-11 tm 17-11-2024
sustainable delivery options

Sustainability, Trends

‘Encourage consumers to choose sustainable delivery options’

A few simple changes to a web shop’s checkout page can prompt consumers to make more sustainable delivery choices, according to Wijnand Jongen, Director of Thuiswinkel.org: “This is an easy way for e-tailers to contribute …

demand planners

Software, Trends

Demand planners do not need to fear for their jobs

Thanks to artificial intelligence, many demand planning tasks can be automated – including forecast adjustments. But this does not mean that demand planners need to fear for their jobs, according to analytics experts from SAS …