Boom!

Trends

Boom!: global community for women in supply chain

Women still represent just 39% of the total supply chain workforce, according to Gartner’s 2019 Women in Supply Chain survey. Furthermore, there is only 11% female representation at the CSCO/EVP/SVP/CPO level, which is actually a decrease …

Ford

Trends

Ford cuts 12,000 jobs in Europe

Car manufacturer Ford announced on 27 June that it is cutting around 12,000 jobs in Europe, amounting to more than 20% of the company’s workforce in the region. Six of its 24 factories will also …

performance app

Planning, Software, Trends

Transparent performance app

Slimstock’s intuitive performance app provides easy and real-time insight into supply chain performance for both top-level management and other professionals. This app is one way Slimstock is responding to the data-driven and knowledge-driven trend in …

Wakeo

Software, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Wakeo

Wakeo was founded in Paris, France, in 2016 by Julien Cote (CEO) and Loïc Marzin (CTO), who met while previously working on supply chain optimization at PwC. The mission is to ‘turn the supply chain …

AB InBev

Sustainability, Trends

AB InBev invests in blockchain start-up BanQu

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has made a new investment in blockchain start-up BanQu. The brewer is impressed by BanQu’s blockchain platform, which connects small farmers in disadvantaged markets to the global supply chains …

companies

Trends

“Companies influenced by consumers and Amazon”

Few companies are paying enough attention to the last mile, according to Alan Banks, Area VP EMEA of Bringg, in his keynote at the Savant Supply Chain Congress on 9 May in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. …

The Netherlands

Trends

The Netherlands leads the way in digitalization in Europe

Organizations throughout Europe are increasingly entering the digital age, but the Netherlands is at the forefront in both digitizing documentation and automating tasks, according to Kyocera’s ‘Business Digitalisation in Europe Outlook 2019’. The research by …

Sean Culey

Sean Culey, Trends

Sean Culey: “Everything seems important when you don’t have a goal”

According to author Sean Culey, the world is in transition as we move from one wave of long-term economic progress into the next. Companies with a clear vision and sufficient employee autonomy, such as Amazon, …

freight transport

Trends

Brexit causes strong decline in UK car manufacturing

The UK’s automotive industry has been struggling for months, but it hit a new low point in April when car production fell by 44.5% compared with the same period last year. This is the strongest …

Every Angle

Blogs

Crossing the new technologies chasm in supply chains

During the summer of 2012, I was the chairperson for a supply chain event about new technologies in Madrid. During the conference, I was fortunate to be able to listen to various speakers from around …