Master and talent
Now that most employees are working from home because of COVID-19, it is more important than ever to keep an eye on their engagement and the risk of a burnout. Apparently, North American supply chain …
Software, Trend visions, Trends
Trend vision Chainalytics: Help with complex supply chain challenges is in high demand
An optimal supply chain requires a continuous focus on various areas: from network design to demand planning and transport optimization. Many companies lack - or struggle to retain - the necessary in-house expertise. Especially in …
Roadmap to optimal inventory management
How can you get your stock levels under control? This roadmap by Supply Chain Media and Slimstock visualizes the obstacles and their solutions on the path to optimal inventory management. The first stop sign on the road …
Planning, Trends, Webinar Recording
Recording webinar Connected Planning for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
Supply Chain Media organized a webinar about Connected Planning for Covid-19 vaccine distribution. The planning task associated with quickly vaccinating billions of people around the world against Covid-19 is staggering. Even when reduced to one county or state, …
Recording webinar Demand Sensing at Henkel
Supply Chain Media, Henkel and E2open organized a webinar: Demand Sensing at Henkel: A practical example of AI within the Digital Supply Chain. As the pandemic took control of the global supply chain, high demand volatility …
Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Winddle
Winddle is a collaborative supply chain management platform that unifies data and streamlines collaboration between IT systems, supply teams and partners (suppliers, forwarders). This enables daily monitoring of the operations and the agile and seamless …
WEF in Davos discusses supply chain vulnerability
Addressing supply chain fragility was a key topic of discussion at the recent – online – meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Two other important topics were collaboration to ensure food …
Supply chain visibility really does improve profit
Investments in supply chain digitalization really do improve the bottom line. Research by PwC shows that digital champions’ investments generate 8% additional revenue and reduce costs by 7%. And it is a similar story for …
Wolves and ships
Are logistics matching platforms a wolf in sheep’s clothing for freight forwarders? That’s the question posed by Rob Zuidwijk, Professor of Global Supply Chains & Ports at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, in a recently published …
Planning, Software, Trends, Visibility
Software decision should depend on maturity
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 …
