CargoX

Trends, Visibility

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: CargoX

CargoX Ltd, founded in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2018, is specialized in document transfer solutions based on blockchain transactions and an ownership validation platform.Β The core team of founders brings together more than a hundred years of …

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 …

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Supply Chain Movement 38 | Sustainability & Trends

The main theme of the Q3 issue of the quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Sustainability & Trends. How will the current worldwide recession affect companies' progress on their unavoidable sustainability journey? Will a focus on …

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

Trends

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

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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 …

Unilever

Sustainability, Trends

Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels from its products

Unilever is to stop using fossil fuels in its laundry and cleaning products. By 2030, the British/Dutch multinational intends to use only renewable and recycled carbon sourced from plants, air, marine sources or waste materials. …

Uber Freight

Trends

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 …

Amazon

Trends

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 …