Unilever

Trends

Unilever redesigns European homecare supply chain

Unilever is spending more than €150 million to overhaul the supply chain of its European homecare division. By doing so, the multinational aims to resolve years of underperformance in this area. The company is also …

visibility

Blogs, Trends

Infinite visibility

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, calls for end-to-end supply chain visibility were common among internationally operating manufacturing companies. Indeed, for most businesses, visibility did not extend beyond their own perimeter fence in practice. Supply chain …

leaderboard Descartes WW 04-11 tm 17-11-2024
artillery supply chains

Trends

Artillery supply chains are Russia’s Achilles heel

The most effective way to disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine is to attack its artillery supply chains. That is the conclusion of a new report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the …

Recording

Webinar Recording, Trends

Recording webinar ‘Democratizing Design’

For too long, supply chain design has been limited to a few people in the organization running ragged responding to continuous questions and project requests. What if you could deploy the power of supply chain …

Leaderboard e2open 28-10 tm 24-11-2024
Kärcher

Sustainability, Trends

Scouting start-ups is a continuous process at Kärcher

Cleaning equipment manufacturer Kärcher firmly believes in the power of start-ups to keep innovating. The German multinational even has a department that continuously scans new companies’ offerings and thus also discovered Carbmee’s carbon management tool. …

CO2 efficiency

Sustainability, Trends

CO2 efficiency of Dutch industry worse than European competition

Dutch manufacturers perform worse on CO2 efficiency than their European competitors. Between 2021 and 2023, CO2 emissions per unit of product increased among the 282 manufacturing companies covered by the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …

Leaderboard SCM Bubbles of Bogus 12-11 tm 17-11-2024
real estate industry

Trends

Boxification debate forces real estate industry to be realistic and creative

In the logistics real estate industry, there is a growing realization that resistance to XXL distribution centres is here to stay. Not only because of the amount of space they take up and their environmental …

downtime

Trends

Logistics employees waste 4.3 hours a week due to downtime

Dutch logistics companies lose over four hours of productivity per week due to faltering equipment and systems. This downtime leads to extra stress for 36% of employees, and to 34% having to work overtime. This …