WisDome

Software, Trends

SCM knowledge bank: Netflix for the supply chain

At Supply Chain Media, the motto is ‘You are what you read’. For more than a decade, the publishing company behind the Dutch-language Supply Chain Magazine and its English-language sister publication Supply Chain Movement has …

Google

Sustainability, Trends

Google and WWF partner up to create platform for sustainable fashion

Google is partnering with WWF Sweden on an environmental data platform to facilitate more responsible purchasing decisions in the fashion industry. The partnership combines knowledge and expertise from both parties by bringing some of their …

Action

Trends

Retailer Action experimenting in the online channel

European retail chain Action is experimenting in the online channel. The decision is notable because the company has so far consciously focused on only selling through bricks-and-mortar stores. However, the coronavirus crisis appears to have …

Rita McGrath

Books

Rita McGrath, author of Seeing Around Corners: ”Digitalization is a step-by-step process”

How can companies recognize so-called inflection points in their business? In her book titled Seeing Around Corners, Professor Rita McGrath explains how executives can anticipate major changes for their organizations, and how a distributor in …

Trends

Control towers prove their worth during coronavirus crisis

In the past couple of months, almost every supply chain has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Some companies have been forced to halt production, although others have been able to remain operational. Control towers, …

Sparrow

Trends

Sparrow enables fast delivery of spare parts

With its digital marketplace, the German start-up Sparrow Networks ensures that companies always receive the right spare part as quickly as possible in the event of the failure of a system component. Sparrow links the …

domestic production

Trends

‘More domestic production actually increases supply chain vulnerability’

The coronavirus crisis has strengthened the general support for domestic production, but not all companies are convinced that this is the right solution. In fact, high-tech companies in the Dutch region of North Brabant are …

Colruyt

Trends

Colruyt converts shop into DC for online Collect&Go service

The Belgian grocery chain Colruyt has converted a temporary store in Auderghem into an e-distribution centre (DC) for its online service called Collect&Go. The coronavirus outbreak caused a huge surge in the number of online …

Shop Apotheke Europe

Trends

Shop Apotheke Europe moves to state-of-the-art logistics hub

Shop Apotheke Europe is moving into a new office and logistics centre in Sevenum near Venlo (the Netherlands). The site will be the main hub for the European distribution network of the rapidly growing online …

transport innovation

Trends

Transport innovation aimed at saving 40 million truck kilometres

Chep Benelux – the global market leader in pallet and container pooling services – has joined a Dutch innovation programme to save 40 million truck kilometres annually by improving transport efficiency. Chep’s database of pallet …