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 …

Sustainability, Trends

How omnichannel can inspire a circular revolution

As omnichannel business models evolve in an extraordinary year, the public and private sector now have a really unique opportunity to build a circular economy. By Carlos Cordon When it comes to sustainability, shopping online divides opinion. …

BOX ID Systems

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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 …

Lora Cecere

Content, Reports

The importance of meaningful work in the supply chain talent discussion

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially changed the culture of work and the nature of the talent discussion. Many employees are working from home and using online meeting formats. However, there is still at least one …

COVID-19

Content, Reports

COVID-19 breeding ground for geopolitical risks

The COVID-19 pandemic is reinforcing existing geopolitical risks, according to the Aon Risk Maps 2020. Economic and political nationalism is growing, partly due to the measures aimed at combating the coronavirus crisis. Moreover, the resilience …

Uber Freight

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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 …

real-time Estimated Time of Arrival

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Trailer manufacturer Krone offers customer real-time Estimated Time of Arrival

Krone Group is to offer its customers real-time integrated data services. Thanks to a strategic partnership with Shippeo, the German commercial vehicle manufacturer claims to be the first to provide its customers with real-time Estimated …

Amazon

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Amazon to recruit 7,000 extra employees in UK

Due to the sharp increase in online sales, web giant Amazon is urgently looking to recruit no less than 7,000 extra employees in the United Kingdom. This expansion comes on top of the 3,000 new …

logistics-service

Blogs, Sustainability

The sustainability slog

The path to sustainable supply chains is proving to be a long, hard slog with numerous obstacles along the way. Firstly, there is a gaping hole between the rhetoric and the reality. According to a …

Webinar Zencargo Supply Chain Agility now

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SCM Webinar: Supply Chain Agility Now

For those who missed it: the webinar β€˜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 …