COVID-19

Content, Reports

COVID-19: virtually all supply chains have been impacted to some degree

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, 77% of supply chain executives thought they were at least somewhat prepared to face a major supply chain disruption. However, the majority of supply chains have suffered a 25% or …

AI

Trends

Pandemic highlights frustrations with AI-powered decision-making systems

More than 80% of supply chain managers across Europe and the USA have been left frustrated by the limitations of tools and software used for AI-powered decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main …

road freight capacity

Trends

Road freight capacity on spot market declines to lowest level since 2017

Road freight capacity on the European spot market has dropped to its lowest level since 2017, according to a report by transport logistics software vendor Transporeon. The findings are based on the data in Transporeon’s …

CargoX

Trends, Visibility

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: CargoX

CargoX Ltd, founded in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2018, is specialized in document transfer solutions based on blockchain transactions and an ownership validation platform. The core team of founders brings together more than a hundred years of …

itelligence

Software, Trends

Itelligence wins European hackathon with flawless vaccine distribution

Six talented young coders from the Dutch software consulting company called itelligence have come up with a solution for safely transporting the future COVID-19 vaccine, which will have to be distributed in line with strict …

Joost Bous

Trends

Joost Bous, Action: “New supply chain must facilitate growth”

Despite lacking both supply chain and retail experience, Joost Bous joined a rapidly growing retail chain that needed to completely overhaul its supply chain. The traditional method of replenishing stores by ordering products from the …

BOX ID Systems

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: BOX ID Systems

BOX ID Systems GmbH was founded in 2018 close to Munich, Germany. The company develops cost-efficient positioning, localization and identification systems for containers, load carriers and other mobile assets, offering complete industrial supply chain visibility …

Uber Freight

Trends

Uber Freight sold to German scale-up Sennder

The European freight exchange arm of tech giant Uber has been sold to the German scale-up Sennder. Uber Freight was launched in the Netherlands as the first country in Europe just last year. Sennder, which …

Webinar Zencargo Supply Chain Agility now

Trends

SCM Webinar: Supply Chain Agility Now

For those who missed it: the webinar ‘Supply Chain Agility Now’ on Wednesday September 16 is now available on YouTube. The webinar was organized by Martijn Lofvers of Supply Chain Media and Zencargo. Zencargo and Supply …

Sean Culey & Martijn Lofvers

Trends

SCM Webinar: Innovating into the Future – Part II

For those who missed it: the webinar 'Innovating into the Future – Part II' on Monday September 14 is now available on YouTube. The webinar was organized by Martijn Lofvers of Supply Chain Media and …