Mindmap Digital Supply Chain 2022 (IMD & SCM 2022)

Mindmap, Trends

Mindmap Digital Supply Chain 2022

Supply chains need to be more resilient than ever. The Internet of Things, big data analysis, Augmented/Virtual Reality, 3D printing and robotization will have a huge impact on the supply chain strategy. The main challenge …

sustainable supply chains

Sustainability, Trends

Radically different growth model needed to make supply chains truly sustainable

If we really want to create sustainable supply chains, we have to break the current paradigm of exclusively focusing on capital growth, according to social entrepreneur, management coach and researcher Sander Tideman. He was speaking …

GenLots

Planning, Software, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: GenLots

GenLots was originally founded by Simon Schenker and Arnaud on the EPFL campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2017, stemming from research into the use of machine learning in the planning of material purchases. The conclusion …

Aldi

Trends

New DC takes Aldi into final phase of supply chain redesign

By opening its brand-new mega distribution centre (48,000m2) in the Dutch city of Deventer, grocery chain Aldi has taken another important step in the strategic redesign of its supply chain in the Netherlands, which started …

disruption

Trends

Disruption affects supply chains of Ace & Tate and Adama

What is the impact of disruptions like the war in Ukraine? And how can we protect our supply chains against them? Those were the two most pressing questions during the very first SCM Talk Show …

Anne van de Poel,

Sustainability, Trends

Anne van de Poel, Too Good To Go: β€˜Get data out of silos’

Anne van de Poel left Mars Wrigley to become Global Manufacturing Lead at Too Good To Go, a scale-up that aims to create a world without food waste. According to her, the biggest problem is …

autonomous mobile robots

Trends

Autonomous mobile robots can make fulfilment cheaper, faster and better

Online turnover has risen sharply in recent years and many retailers are now faced with having to make major investments in their supply chains. They need to increase their fulfilment capacity and set up local …

Recording

Planning, Software, Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Software-driven planning as the response to volatile demand’

Accurate and software driven supply chain planning has never been more important than in the past two years. Companies that rely mainly on their experience and gut feeling inevitably hit their limits during the covid …

digital twins

Trends, Visibility

Stress-testing the business strategy with digital twins

Companies need to improve their responsiveness to market changes and supply chain disruptions, but most supply chains don’t allow time to try out new concepts. Digital twins offer a solution, but how do you go …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Future proof fulfilment with robotization’

A series of forces are colliding to challenge the structure and operation of many supply chains and their ability to meet rapidly changing expectations for fulfilment of orders. Amazon Prime, same-day/next-day, the pandemic, shortages of …