new pro-active supply chain risk management

Trends

Calling for a new pro-active supply chain risk management

In the face of todayโ€™s highly disruptive external environment, companies need to leave traditional and ineffective approaches to risk management behind and move towards a new pro-active approach. Stop chasing events and become risk-aware! By Iris โ€ฆ

scrum or waterfall

Blogs, Planning

Scrum or waterfall: whatโ€™s best for your organization?

Digital planning is high on the agenda for many IT and supply chain directors. They often ask themselves โ€˜Whatโ€™s the next step?โ€™, โ€˜Which tooling should we use?โ€™ and โ€˜How should we tackle the implementation?โ€™ โ€“ โ€ฆ

Reshoring gathers steam

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Reshoring gathers steam

As many as 60% of companies from Europe and the USA are planning to bring some production activities back from Asia to their own region, according to research by Supply Chain Media and consulting firm โ€ฆ

Bol.com parcel collection service

Sustainability, Trends

Bol.com offers sales partners a parcel collection service

Dutch e-commerce business Bol.com is launching a new service to collect parcels from its sales partners. This is driven by the companyโ€™s desire to better align its logistics services with customer needs and to provide โ€ฆ

urban logistics

Trends

Transport companies in urban logistics not ready for zero-emission zones by 2030

Many transport companies involved in urban logistics will not be ready for the zero-emission zones that will be introduced in dozens of Dutch cities from 2025. At present, almost 40 per cent of these companies โ€ฆ

delivery errors

Trends

Three quarters of consumers experience delivery errors with online orders

No less than 77 per cent of consumers in the Netherlands and Belgium who made an online purchase in the past three months experienced delivery errors. This is the conclusion of research conducted by Descartes โ€ฆ

Revlon

Trends

Supply chain problems and increased costs kill Revlon

Cosmetics company Revlon has filed for bankruptcy. The iconic company is struggling with high debt, supply chain disruptions and rising costs. Yet it hopes to continue operations with financing from its existing lenders, after court โ€ฆ

Mart de Kruif

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Former Commander Mart de Kruif: โ€œDare to take the right decisions”

The NATO mission in Afghanistan was an enormous logistical operation involving 45,000 soldiers and 12,000 containers. As commander, Lieutenant-General Mart de Kruif realized the importance of a good supply chain firsthand. During the SCM Directors โ€ฆ

AI tools

Software, Trends

AI tools should free Unilever supply chain professionals from the routine

The ability to free humans from repetitive activities so they can redirect their effort to more value-adding tasks is the primary objective of Unileverโ€™s investment in advanced tools with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Rodrigo Krasnicki, global โ€ฆ

Super-fast deliveries

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Super-fast delivery requires a more integrated supply chain

Riders making super-fast deliveries of meals and groceries are becoming an increasingly familiar sight on the streets in many of the worldโ€™s cities but, when it comes to e-fulfilment, the race for speed has only โ€ฆ