digital supply chain investment

Content, Reports, Software, Visibility

Resistance to change remains biggest obstacle to digital supply chain investment

End-to-end supply chain visibility is ranked the number one driver of investment (77%), according to a recent survey by JDA Software and the audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG. Maintaining legacy systems is in second …

Shipnext

Software, Trends, Visibility

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Shipnext

Shipnext is a digital automated shipping marketplace and network that creates efficient, secure and reliable cargo-to-ship matching, ocean and road freight trading, smart contracting and documentation flow, including for heavy, oversized, break-bulk, dry-bulk and wet-bulk …

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inNOWvate, Sustainability, Trends

Circular IQ wins second European Supply Chain Start-up Contest

The Dutch start-up Circular IQ has won the second edition of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest during the inNOWvate Supply Chain Event which was held in Amersfoort, the Netherlands on 22 May 2019. This …

start-up contest 2019

inNOWvate, Trends

The 5 finalists in the 2nd European Supply Chain Start-up Contest 2019

From a total of more than 20 entries from across the continent, the five finalists for the second edition of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest have now been selected. These companies are still in …

struggling to innovate

Blogs

Struggling to innovate

Logistics service providers seem to be struggling to innovate, despite the thriving economy. There are of course a few clouds darkening the horizon (e.g. Brexit and the threat of escalating trade wars), but with the …

Pro Alliance

Trends

Supply chain scale-up in the spotlight: Pro Alliance

The Belgian firm Pro Alliance is a collaboration hub designed especially for supply chains, where conversations happen, data is shared and decisions are made. It stems from the idea that siloed supply chains are static …

e-CMR

Trends, Visibility

First cross-border use of e-CMR

In a pilot project in February and March of this year, TransFollow’s e-CMR digital consignment note has been used in practice for the first time on the route between the United Kingdom, France and the …

online retailers

Trends

Online retailers scrap free shipments

Free delivery of online orders is becoming a thing of the past, with big names such as H&M and Zalando increasingly following the example of smaller online stores. For example, Zalando recently announced that it …

global disruption in the supply chain

Trends

Facing up to global disruption in the supply chain (2)

Lucy Harding and Pieter Ebeling, Partners in the Global Procurement and Supply Chain and Consumer, Retail and Digital Practices of Odgers Berndtson in the UK and the Netherlands, respectively, continue to discuss global disruption in …

Cesonia

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Cesonia

The start-up Cesonia was founded earlier this year by Dr Daniel Kaltenthaler, Dr Johannes Lohrer and Korbinian Sontheim in Munich, Germany. They have launched a smart data network for a data-driven and highly connected business …