Sean Culey & Martijn Lofvers

Trends

Now online: SCM webinar ‘Innovating into the Future – Part I’

For those who missed it: the webinar 'Innovating into the Future – Part I' on Wednesday September 9 is now available on YouTube. The webinar was organized by Martijn Lofvers of Supply Chain Media and author …

Patricia Sjauw

Trends

Patricia Sjauw: “My focus is to make supply chain the heartbeat of the company”

Global Women Supply Chain Leaders Awards 2020 (GWSCL 2020) is the first global event to shine the spotlight on the dedication, passion, and incredible success stories of women in the supply chain – cross-domain and from …

Vasilis Karamalegos

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: SmarterChains

At SmarterChains, they believe in a better, agile and integrated manufacturing ecosystem where all industry actors can focus on the one thing that truly matters: accelerating prosperity and human progress to make the world a …

supply chain knowledge

Software, Trends

Few companies succeed in managing supply chain knowledge effectively

Three quarters of all organizations believe that creating and preserving knowledge will be important for their business success in the next year. Only 9% however say that they are very ready to address the trend …

Sabine Simeon Schindler

Trends

Sabine Simeon: “We now drive the diversity narrative from a business perspective, creating real results”

Global Women Supply Chain Leaders Awards 2020 (GWSCL 2020) is the first global event to shine the spotlight on the dedication, passion, and incredible success stories of women in the supply chain – cross-domain and from …

Ivanka Janssen

Trends

Ivanka Janssen: “Supply Chain is no longer an area where people think women cannot succeed”

Global Women Supply Chain Leaders Awards 2020 (GWSCL 2020) is the first global event to shine the spotlight on the dedication, passion and incredible success stories of women in the Supply Chain – cross-domain and from …

border delays

Trends, Visibility

Map provides real-time visibility of border delays

The ongoing spread of coronavirus is still having an impact on logistics. Governments are deciding to set up border patrols or even close their country’s borders, and such measures have a direct effect on the …

digichain

Trends

“Digitize supply chains but don’t expect a universal approach”

Building agility and flexibility into your supply chain through digitization is key for the future but, be warned, there is no single roadmap to success. By Professor Carlos Cordon Supply chains have been under the spotlight in …

IBP

Blogs, Planning

IBP is a strategic weapon in times of crisis

“Now, absolutely everyone’s convinced of the value of our new IBP process!” said the IBP manager at a client where we set up an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process last year. The company is now …

planning

Planning, Trends

Connected Planning turns every disruption into an opportunity

The COVID-19 outbreak has revealed weaknesses in many supply chains. Every link in the chain does its own planning, but there is often no tool in place to connect all those plans together. In a …