logistics real estate

Content, Reports

Huge shortage of European logistics real estate

The supply of logistics real estate in Europe is extremely tight, due to a severe shortage of development sites and strict regulations on nitrogen emissions. This conclusion comes from the latest Global Logistics Outlook 2021, …

supply chain software

Software, Trends

Choosing supply chain software: Audi or Tesla?

The new SCM IT Subway Map shows just how large and complex the supply chain software market is. How can you choose the right solution from the range of names – both established and new …

innovation supply chain technology

Trends

Amazon opens innovation lab to improve warehouse safety

E-commerce giant Amazon has opened a new innovation lab in Vercelli (northern Italy) to support the development and use of new warehouse technologies. The main objective is to explore how innovative technologies can make the …

human rights

Sustainability, Trends

German businesses must soon screen suppliers for human rights compliance

German businesses will soon be legally obliged to screen their suppliers for compliance with human rights standards. TheΒ Bundestag (German parliament) approved the supply chain bill or Lieferkettengesetz (LKG) on 11 June. The bill is already …

flow management

Exclusively in magazine, Magazine, Planning, Reports, Software, Trends, Visibility

Supply Chain Movement 41 | Planning & IT

The main theme of the Q2, 2021 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Planning & IT. This issue appeared digitally on June 10 and has been received in hard-copy on June 11.Β  12 | Profile …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar SCM IT Subway Map Europe 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain management is at the top of the management board’s priority list, second only to employee safety. Most companies have been hit hard on both the supply side and …

Trends

A new generation, a new vision of technology

Now that a new generation of professionals is taking the helm, we are seeing a clear shift in organizations’ attitudes to technology. β€œThe focus is on speed and flexibility, which is reflected in what I …

Martin Verwijmeren - MPO

Planning, Trends

A new model of supply chain planning is long overdue: The “Triple I” standard

While the traditional practice of silo-based supply chain planning appears to be a hard habit to break, there are encouraging signs of a shift towards a more integral approach. Dynamic planning entails continuous and real-time …

WMS

Software, Trends

Omnichannel approach requires a waveless WMS

Rather than being a necessary evil for retailers, the supply chain has now become a key success factor for greater customer satisfaction. According to Consafe Logistics during a recent Supply Chain Media webinar on omnichannel …

autonomous supply chains

inNOWvate, Reports, Trends

Humans are the weakest link in self-driving, autonomous supply chains

The frontrunners in supply chain digitalization are busy creating self-driving supply chains, but the human brain cannot keep up with those developments. That was the conclusion of Sean Culey, author of Transition Point, at this …