Supply Chain Scale-up Contest

inNOWvate, Trends

Three German companies in European Supply Chain Scale-up Contest 2024 final

Digilo, Holocene and The Climate Choice are the three scale-ups that will compete in the final of the European Supply Chain Scale-up Contest 2024. They won their places thanks to their diverse applications of artificial …

Getir

Trends

Getir ceases instant delivery service in Europe and the US

Instant grocery delivery company Getir has become the latest of its kind to pull out of the European market. The company is also ending operations in the United States. Getir will only remain active in …

Recording

Webinar Recording, Trends

Recording webinar ‘Collaborative Enterprise Due Diligence’

In the midst of increasing geopolitical conflict, more severe government enforcement initiatives, and an intensifying focus on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), trade compliance has been thrust into the spotlight, transitioning from an operational …

Maturity-Matrix-European-Supply-Chain-Startups-Q1-2024

Maturity Matrix, Trends

Maturity Matrix of European Supply Chain Start-ups 2024

In recent years, there has been a significant decline in the number of supply chain start-ups appearing in Europe. According to Mathias Bosse, compiler of the Supply Chain Tech Report, one of the reasons is …

generative AI

Trends

“Generative AI will be a gamechanger in the start-up market”

In recent years, there has been a significant decline in the number of supply chain start-ups appearing in Europe. According to Mathias Bosse, compiler of the Supply Chain Tech Report, one of the reasons is …

innovation award

Software, Trends

Innovation award for linking generative AI with WMS

Logistics Reply has received an innovation award for developing a chatbot for warehouse management systems (WMS). The chatbot, named LEApedia, uses generative AI, allowing users to communicate with the WMS in plain human language. A …

paying to return goods

Trends

Consumers are increasingly paying to return goods

Paying to return goods is becoming increasingly normal. Previously, major retailers such as H&M, Zara and Wehkamp have reported charging consumers to return online orders. That trend is now continuing across the board. In two …

control over transport

Software, Trends

Cargo owners want more control over transport

For supply chain resilience, you need more control over transport. An end-to-end transport management system (TMS) contributes to this, according to three TMS suppliers during Webinar Wednesday. Such a system starts with optimization of the …

ASML

Planning, Trends

ASML pilots AI for supply chain resilience

A pilot at Dutch high-tech company ASML showed that an AI machine trained based on Deep Reinforcement Learning makes smarter supply chain decisions than traditional planning methods. The challenge now is to make the suggestions …

Traxed

Sustainability, Trends

Start-up Traxed bets on blockchain for sustainability reporting

Founded in 2023, Traxed is a very young company that focuses entirely on collecting sustainability data for compliance with CSRD legislation. Tiziano Tavasanis explains why he founded the company and what he has learned after …