battlefield

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When supply chain becomes a battlefield

Many of the challenges businesses are currently facing – shortages, volatile demand, inflation, sanctions and supply chain disruption – are also characteristics of a wartime economy. According to Roberto Crippa, Supply Chain Director at IWT …

Visual Roadmap for decarbonizing your supply chain

Road Map, Sustainability, Trends

Roadmap for decarbonizing your supply chain

According to consulting firm McKinsey, active supply-chain decarbonization is becoming a licence to operate for businesses. But companies aiming for responsible sourcing are hindered by fragmented data pipelines. The task of evaluating millions of suppliers …

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Supply Chain Movement 47 | Resilience & Systems

The main theme of the Q4, 2022 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Resilience & Systems. Read this issue for free here.  Publication Date: December 2, 2022 10 | Profile Eline Oudenbroek In 1994, the founder of …

Checklist, Trends

Checklist for warehouse robotization

Last year, there were a record-breaking 490,000 vacancies in the warehousing and transportation sector, according to The Washington Post, and that number continues to rise. On the other hand, there are reports that robotics and …

Scania

Trends, Visibility

Scania explores tracking & tracing for incoming goods

Truck manufacturer Scania Group plans to start tracking & tracing incoming goods and is currently testing a solution by InnoTractor. This Dutch start-up is using Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help Scania gain insight …

robotization and AI

Trends

Only 40% of companies see logistics value of robotization and AI

Just 40% of the manufacturing, wholesale, large-scale retail and transport & logistics companies who see room for improvement in their logistics processes believe that robotization and artificial intelligence (AI) can add value. These findings come …

Recording

Sustainability, Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Disruptions in the Logistics Industry and potential future strategies’

The universe of logistics is changing rapidly and irreversibly due geopolitical unrests, high energy prices and a possibly upcoming recession. The corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine have forced manufacturing, wholesale, retail and logistics …

Best of SOP Selection Day 2022

Planning, Software, Trends

The key slides of the S&OP Selection Day 2022

How do you maintain a useful and solid Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process in these extremely volatile and very uncertain times? And how do you find the right supporting software tools in a world …

supply chain leaks

Trends

Independent audits expose supply chain leaks

Of all goods flowing through retail supply chains, 2.1% fail to make it through unscathed due to errors by suppliers and retailers while delivering, receiving, picking and loading those goods. Independent random checks can uncover …

The Supply Chain Management Startups Handbook

Books, Trends

Second edition handbook proves growth of supply chain start-ups

The 2nd edition of The Supply Chain Management Startups Handbook is now available. Launched earlier this month, this year’s handbook presents profiles of more than 340 supply chain start-ups that can help to tackle supply …