Nexxiot

Trends

Supply chain scale-up in the spotlight: Nexxiot

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Nexxiot AG is a pioneer in the development and delivery of digital supply chain management solutions. The company was founded in 2015 by Christoph Wartmann as a spin-off of ETH Zurich, 


intelligent spend

Trends

The importance of intelligent spend in demand-driven supply chain

Far-reaching process digitalization is unavoidable if you want to make your supply chain demand-driven. In addition to minimizing manual labour, you will also have to build in intelligence in order to fully automate the more 


S&OP requires alignment and clarity

Planning, Software, Trends

S&OP requires both alignment and clarity

Chain-wide sales & operations planning (S&OP) holds considerable promise, but the challenges associated with cross-disciplinary collaboration are equally great. A shared performance indicator that provides clear guidance for the alignment process can help. That is one 


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Jean Marc LechĂȘne, Vestas: ”One unique challenge: changing people’s mind-set”

Love them or hate them, wind turbines have become part of the modern landscape. As global demand for renewable energy increases as it becomes cheaper and more efficient, wind systems providers such as Vestas are 


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Supply Chain Movement issue 33 – From S&OP to IBP

Contents Supply Chain Movement 33 – 2019 Q2 Date of appearance: May 10th, 2019 6 | News & background The majority of European manufacturers are still only at the early stages of their digital supply chain journey, according 


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inNOWvate, Sustainability, Trends

Carlos Cordon: “Supply chain digitalization has unexpected benefits”

According to Carlos Cordon, a professor at the IMD Business School in Switzerland, innovation can lead to surprising results. “Supply chain digitalization offers lots of benefits, but often not the ones we expected,” stated Cordon, 


Winner-second-European-Supply-Chain-start-up-contest-2019-Circular-IQ-Roy-Vercoulen

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 


Whirlpool

Trends

Whirlpool opens SSC for supply chain

Whirlpool EMEA has opened a new shared service centre (SSC) for supply chain in Poland. The establishment of the new facility, which is located in ƁódĆș, Poland’s third-largest city, follows detailed analysis of the appliance manufacturer’s 


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