Pro Alliance

Trends

Pro Alliance files for bankruptcy

Pro Alliance has been forced to file for bankruptcy due to the postponement of two major projects, according to a blog by co-founder Steven Schroeyens. The Belgian start-up Pro Alliance developed a platform for data sharing …

supply chain network

Trends

Take a critical look at your supply chain network

Flexible, agile, responsive... these and other such words have become increasingly commonplace, but since a couple of years ago – thanks in part to the likes of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson – there really …

software

Trends, Visibility

New control tower solutions bring data together

End-to-end supply chain visibility – insight both into interruptions in your suppliers’ supply chains as far afield as Asia and into the actual needs of European consumers – is every supply chain manager’s dream. There …

Mars

Planning, Trends

Mars factory tour provides unique supply chain insights

A tour of the Mars factory in the Dutch town of Veghel followed by a workshop on connected planning co-hosted by supply chain consultancy firm Bluecrux and software vendor Anaplan. These were the right ingredients …

Carsten Rasmussen

Sustainability, Trends

Carsten Rasmussen, Lego: “You cannot make decisions in isolation anymore”

Tough but fair, caring and open are words Carsten Rasmussen uses to describe his management style. The COO of the Lego Group, headquartered in Billund, was recently named the most influential supply chain-leader in Denmark …

The Technology Trap

Books, Content, Software

History & Economy: Putting Industry 4.0 in a historic perspective

The Technology Trap takes a closer look at how innovations are adopted and draws parallels between the past and the present. The book sets out to explain why people resisted the use of new technologies …

Hello World

Books, Content

People & Technology: The growing influence of algorithms

As any slightly internet-savvy person knows, algorithms are primarily behind what is displayed on the screen nowadays. The online advertisements we get to see are largely linked to our click behaviour. Therefore, the book Hello …

The Warehouse

Books, Content

Corporate thriller: The power of Amazon

The book’s title – The Warehouse – leaves little room for doubt that this corporate thriller is about Amazon. The story is based in a dismal and not-too-distant future. Cities have become virtually unliveable and unemployment …

Ovrsea

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Ovrsea

Ovrsea was founded in Paris, France, in 2017 by Mathieu Mattei and Antoine Sauvage in response to the lack of transparency and efficiency in international transport processes. The start-up is a digital freight forwarder that uses …

Silk Road

Trends

In search of the most suitable ‘Silk Road’

When it comes to freight transport between Europe and China, rail is faster than sea and more environmentally friendly than air. A growing number of companies are discovering the benefits of the new ‘Silk Road’, …