container shipping

Trends

Chaos in container shipping: lack of empty containers plus shortage of ships

Container shipping is in chaos. The coronavirus pandemic has considerably disrupted the supply chain of containers, resulting in many of them now being on the wrong continent or not being unpacked. On top of that, …

logistics-service

Blogs

Digital twin

A digital twin – who wouldn’t want one of their own? A virtual copy of yourself that effortlessly takes care of the tax returns and other boring administrative activities. Then you could spend more time …

SCM Webinar with Oracle December 2020

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording SCM Webinar ‘The new reality for Integrated logistics’ with Oracle

Supply Chain Media and Oracle organized the webinar 'The new reality for Integrated logistics' on Thursday December 3rd.  Today’s organizations have a huge opportunity to more effectively manage the complexities of a global network of trading …

Dirk Holbach

Trends

Henkel’s Dirk Holbach the new No. 1 Supply Chain Executive in Europe

The winner of the 2020 edition of the Top 28 Supply Chain Executives in Europe is Dirk Holbach, the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Henkel Laundry & Home Care based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He …

Shaun Phillips QAD DynaSys

Trend visions, Trends, Visibility

Trend vision QAD DynaSys: “Disruption is the new normal”

The year 2021 will not see a return to 2019, but it will probably be less disruptive than 2020, according to Shaun Phillips, Director of Product and Market at QAD DynaSys. Greater supply uncertainty has …

Lucien Besse B2B customers are increasingly looking for a B2C customer experience

Trend visions, Trends, Visibility

Lucien Besse, Shippeo: “B2B customers are increasingly looking for a B2C customer experience”

Many supply chains have emerged from the coronavirus crisis stronger than before and are now more agile and better prepared to cope with rapid changes. Visibility is crucial, and is especially challenging in multimodal and …

supply chain networks

Exclusively in magazine, Magazine, Reports, Trends

Supply Chain Movement 39 | Digital Twins

The main theme of the Q4 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Digital Twins. A digital twin of your own could do more than just simple paperwork. Thanks to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, …

sustainable supply chain

Sustainability, Trends

The journey towards a sustainable, carbon-neutral supply chain

A growing number of companies have a sustainable supply chain high on their agenda. The longer-term aim – within the next 30 years – is for us all to live in a climate-neutral, fossil-free world. …

COVID-19

Trends, Visibility

COVID-19: “Hard work to keep supply chains running”

Different companies’ supply chains have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. Grocery retailer Auchan mainly felt the impact in the inbound supply chain, while white goods manufacturer Haier struggled to gain demand …

Electrolux

Trends

Electrolux wins Supply Chain Management Award 2020 at Exchainge

Electrolux’s focus on the human aspect as well as automation and integration earned the home appliance manufacturer the Supply Chain Management Award 2020. “The transformation of our supply chain was an important step in our …