Carlos Cordon

Exclusively in magazine, Sustainability, Trends

Plea for due diligence on every supplier

To properly address supply-chain risk, multinationals should be doing due diligence on every supplier and cascading action down through the value chain. That is what Carlos Cordon (pictured), Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management …

Intersteel

Trends

Intersteel invests in data science to achieve better forecasting

Geopolitical, economic and sustainability-related developments are all putting increasing pressure on supply chains. To make supply chains more resilient, you need to innovate – but how? During Supply Chain Media’s fourth SCM Talkshow, Véronique Sonsma …

Leaderboard Webinar Wednesday BlueYonder 12-12-2024 tm 19-1-2025
digitization

Trends

Digitization: frontrunners extend their lead

Many companies say they are digitizing their supply chain, but their words don’t translate into deeds. As a result, they are continually falling further behind the frontrunners. During a recent Supply Chain Media Webinar Wednesday, Flexport’s …

disruptions

Trends, Visibility

Avoiding new disruptions with improved visibility and faster response

Supply chains have now largely recovered after the chaos and disruptions of recent times. To prevent new disruptions, many companies are prioritizing optimization initiatives that improve their end-to-end visibility and response velocity as ways of …

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

Books, Trends

The ‘big reveal’ of The Magic Conveyor Belt

‘The Magic Conveyor Belt’ rewards those who stick with it. In effect, it is more like two books: an explanatory book and a visionary book. Anyone who gives up during the first part, thinking ‘I …

high rate of innovation

Trends

High rate of innovation requires tightly managed supply chains

If you’re a fast-growing company that is also changing 20 to 25% of its product range, how can you keep a tight grip on your supply chain? Supply chain directors from Rituals and Jobe Sports …

Leaderboard Tesisquare checklist 16-12-2024 tm 12-1-2025
Alibaba

Trends

Alibaba suspected of supply chain espionage

Belgian intelligence services are investigating whether Alibaba is facilitating Chinese espionage at its distribution hub close to Liège. The Chinese e-commerce giant is suspected of attempting to gain insight into supply chains and their eventual …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Onboarding resilience: Jabil’s game-changing strategy’

What do the 300 of the biggest global brands have in common? They all use Jabil. The electronics manufacturer operates 100 sites across 30 countries and collaborates with over 36,000 suppliers to make components that …