Cargonexx

Software, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Cargonexx

Germany-based start-up Cargonexx is a European pioneer in the use of artificial intelligence in road transport and is the first digital freight forwarder to operate an intelligent transport network. Founded in Hamburg in 2016 and …

service

Planning, Software, Trends

Service is eating the world

Seven years ago, Mark Andreessen wrote his now-famous essay called β€˜Software is eating the world’. He predicted that all companies will become software companies and that organizations that fail to adapt rapidly enough will go …

Intel

Content, Reports, Trends

Intel reduces supplier labour violations by focusing on supply chain responsibility

Intel’s 2017-2018 Corporate Responsibility Report shows that the firm’s continued focus on supply chain responsibility is paying off. In concrete terms, supplier violations related to forced and bonded labour decreased by 60 percent last year, …

gender wage gap

Career, Content, Reports, Trends

Supply chain salary surveys reveal gender wage gap

The results of an inaugural survey published by Apics, an American association for supply chain management, in May 2018 reveal a substantial wage gap between men and women within the field. The 2018 Supply Chain …

Content, Planning, Reports, Software

An S&OP and IBP travel guide

The topic of sales & operations planning (S&OP) continues to receive plenty of attention from supply chain professionals. As far back as 2010, I reported on it as a β€˜hot topic’ and noted that conference …

innovation

inNOWvate, Trends

Diversity drives innovation

Few companies nowadays would deny that innovation is crucial to their long-term survival, but innovation doesn’t just happen by itself – as Lego knows from its own bitter experience. Fons Trompenaars, keynote speaker at inNOWvate: …

logistics-service

Blogs, Planning, Software

S&OP motivation

Why is sales & operations planning (S&OP) such a difficult decision-making process? How hard can it be to hold a product review, then a demand review, a supply review and a business review in the …

Sustainabill

Software, Sustainability, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Sustainabill

Sustainabill GmbH was founded in Cologne, Germany, in 2017. The strong, multi-disciplinary founder team includes a sustainability expert, a data and requirements analyst, a full stack developer and machine learning expert and a former global …

BYD

Trends

BYD Europe organizes supplier conference to increase focus on local sourcing

At BYD Europe’s first-ever supplier conference, held at the BYD bus and truck plant in Komarom, Hungary, the focus was on helping to integrate increased local sourcing into the bus production activities and building a …

Dell

Trends

Dell introduces supply chain virtual reality customer tours

Stimulated by the ongoing rise in the number and range of the customer requests it was receiving, especially about the manufacturing of its products, Dell Technologies decided to improve its transparency as part of demonstrating …