Circulor

Sustainability, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Circulor

Founded by Douglas Johnson-Poensgen and Veera Johnson in London, UK, in 2017, Circulor enables businesses to fully analyse, track and manage their supply chains to support responsible sourcing, analyse supply chain emissions and improve sustainability. …

IOSS portal

Trends

IOSS portal offers businesses help with EU VAT changes

Global shipping and logistics company UPS and tax consultant PwC have joined forces to help businesses outside the European Union comply with the new VAT requirements on imports into the EU. They have teamed up …

software layer

Planning, Software, Trends

Separate software layer for S&OP and IBP in ten days

The technical implementation of Slimstock’s software layer for sales & operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) takes just ten days. “You’re all set for S&OP and IBP for 5,000 euros per month,” says …

revolution

Blogs, Trends

No, AI has not killed Supply Chain Management

Almost three years ago, Harvard Business Review published a provocative article entitled ‘The Death of Supply Chain Management’. It became as viral as an article on Supply Chain Management can be, circulating widely on Twitter and LinkedIn. The …

Wheel of Five

Trends

The Wheel of Five: Eliminate waste of capacity, stock and time

To help organizations recognize and effectively deal with good and bad variability, Involvation has developed the Wheel of Five for Supply Chain Management. This is Part 4 in a series of five articles about the …

Volker Schmitz

Sustainability, Trends

Volker Schmitz, HP Inc.: “You cannot be successful without focus on the customer experience”

As working and studying from home became the new norm last year, demand for personal computers and home printers rose significantly. As one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PCs and printers, HP Inc. has …

Wheel of Five

Trends

The Wheel of Five: Manage predictable variation with effective decision-making

To help organizations recognize and effectively deal with good and bad variability, Involvation has developed the Wheel of Five for Supply Chain Management. This is Part 3 in a series of five articles about the …

Fairphone

Sustainability, Trends

Fairphone’s industry influence continues to grow

Fairphone, a Dutch producer of ethical smartphones, continues to increase its influence on the electronics industry. The company achieved an 87% increase in sales in 2020 and became profitable for the first time, according to …

forecast-as-a-service

Trends

Forecast-as-a-service supports rapid progress

There are various solutions available to supply chain professionals who are dissatisfied with their forecasting, such as to implement new software or set up their own data science team. A third option is to outsource …

supply chain start-ups

Trends

European supply chain start-ups heading for consolidation cycle

The number of supply chain start-ups in Europe continues to grow. The current total stands at 220, according to the most recent figures from the soon-to-be-published Supply Chain Management Startups Handbook 2021. These start-ups are …