hybrid shopping experience

Trends

Retailers need to improve the hybrid shopping experience

Many financial and retail analysts agree that 2023 is likely to be a tough year for traditional retail chains. Not only are consumers keeping a tight grip on spending, but the boundaries between physical and …

The Seaweed Company

Sustainability, Trends

Willemijn Potjer sets up supply chain for The Seaweed Company: β€œI have to figure it out myself”

Seaweed is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world. It not only absorbs harmful substances from seawater, such as CO2, it also grows without the use of land, fresh water, fertilisers and pesticides. Moreover, …

Saint-Gobain

Planning, Visibility, Trends

Saint-Gobain: β€œRefreshing ideas supply chain start-ups give you extra energy”

When French multinational Saint-Gobain was looking for a solution to its operational supply chain planning challenges, Supply Chain Director Josep Tascon Estrada contacted the start-up Flowlity and eventually decided to launch a pilot. In this …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘S&OP and Planning Execution’

Companies urgently need to improve their Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Instead of clutching at long-term forecasts, they must improve their short-term agility. Companies are facing increasing pressure on their S&OP process due to factors …

logistics real estate sector

Trends

End to the jubilant mood in Dutch logistics real estate sector

The mood of jubilation in the Dutch logistics real estate sector has come to an end. After the high demand for warehouses during the pandemic years, the expected demand for logistics real estate in 2023 …

software selection-Erik-Kriek

Exclusively in magazine, Planning, Software, Trends

Supply chain community seeks new tools

Supply chain disruption causes doubts and despair within companies. Many existing planning systems fall short in factoring in unpredictability and uncertainty. Therefore, more and more supply chain professionals are keen to find supply chain software …

Recording: Broadcast 'Trends in Supply Chain'

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording: Broadcast ‘Trends in Supply Chain’

How to visualize the world and its increasing complexity? Many companies are still struggling with the unforeseen consequences of the coronavirus crisis and the war in Ukraine. Martijn Lofvers urges them to run through scenarios and …

Lululemon

Trends, Visibility

Lululemon makes inventory data available in the cloud

With the help of RFID partner Nedap, Lululemon is making its inventory data available in the cloud. The sportswear and accessories company aims to improve its customers’ omnichannel shopping experience across its network of more …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Webinar recording β€˜The benefits of auditing stock throughout the supply chain’

Experience tells us there are several common functions in the supply chain where shrink can occur, and the solution is not fixing one of them, but ALL of them. Supply chain auditing is about making …

anthill

Blogs, Trends

Supply chain influencers

In 2022, influencers dominated consumer product marketing on social media. Emerging seemingly out of nowhere, they promoted products on Instagram and other social media channels and turned them into unexpected successes. Nowadays, established brands make …