blockchain

Sustainability, Trends, Visibility

Supply chain start-ups embrace blockchain

A notably large proportion of the supply chain start-ups in Europe use blockchain technology. Among other things, blockchain makes it possible to digitize documents and securely and reliably share sensitive data with supply chain partners. …

digital twins

Trends

How digital twins support autonomous supply chains

Companies are accelerating their supply chain optimization efforts and are using new technologies to integrally plan and manage their end-to-end supply chains. Both SKF and Medtronic have set up a digital twin of their supply …

Leaderboard Webinar Wednesday BlueYonder 12-12-2024 tm 19-1-2025
Slide deck

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar Blockchain in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Media organized a webinar about blockchain in supply chain. Blockchain holds great promise, especially for supply chains. This technology could result in faster, more transparent and more efficient supply chains that are possibly fairer …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar Cross company Stock Optimization

Supply Chain Media and Flowlity organized a webinar about cross-company stock optimization. The classical model for a company is to order components from a supplier, keep a stock of those components internally. The supplier also keeps …

Leaderboard BlueYonder roadmap 16-12-2024 tm 12-1-2025
Flowlity

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Flowlity positions itself as trusted third party for inventory management

In October 2020, French start-up Flowlity was named winner of the European Supply Chain Start-up Pitch organized by Supply Chain Media. Some people may have been surprised that the contest was won by a provider …

healthcare

Trends

COVID-19 pandemic exposes need for central management of healthcare supply chain

The healthcare sector is lagging behind when it comes to supply chain management, yet the potential savings run into billions. So what lessons can be learned from the coronavirus crisis in terms of coordinating resources …

Leaderboard Tesisquare checklist 16-12-2024 tm 12-1-2025
alternative suppliers

Trends

Companies search for alternative suppliers as way of spreading supply chain risks

The COVID-19 pandemic created some degree of supply chain disruption for 56% of companies, according to certification body DNV GL Business Assurance’s survey of 1,142 organizations. The main causes of disruption were delays in supplies …

road transport

Trends

Road transport capacity increases substantially

The road transport capacity on the European spot market rose sharply towards the end of last year but the increase was accompanied by falling transport prices, according to an update of the Transport Market Monitor …