leadership

Trends

Advice to supply chain leaders: don’t judge – ask questions

Good leadership requires self-insight. That was the message that lingered after the leadership session by recruitment agency Inspired-Search. Former speed skater Mark Tuitert shared insights that led him to Olympic gold. ‘Good leaders never assume …

The Digital Transformation Roadmap

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The Digital Transformation Roadmap

David Rogers is an international authority on digital transformation and affiliated with Columbia Business School in New York. He writes books, speaks at conferences and helps large companies implement their digital strategy. In 2016, he …

Recording

Webinar Recording, Planning, Sustainability, Trends

Recording webinar ‘Prioritise waste reduction for sustainability and strategic advantages’

In this insightful webinar we delve into the critical issue of waste within the supply chain. In this session, we'll explore the significant environmental, financial, and opportunity costs associated with waste, shedding light on how …

Whitepaper S&OP: from Strategy to Execution

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Whitepaper Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): from strategy to execution

Chris Columbus and his roadmap to operational excellence. Turning your strategy into operational excellence may well mean sailing into uncharted waters. So to explain it, let’s use an example of someone who’s done just that, Christopher …

Recording

Planning, Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘The HEINEKEN journey of Supply Chain Design & Optimization’

HEINEKEN utilizes AIMMS for modeling supply chain planning and optimization applications, from strategic to operational level. This includes brewery capacity, network design, MRP, supply & demand planning and many other applications. In this webinar HEINEKEN discusses …

David Rogers

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Bestselling author David Rogers: Digital transformation is a matter of culture

To survive in the digital age, a company has to reinvent itself and create new business models all the time. For traditional companies, this is an immense task, but it can be done, according to …

circular warehouse

Sustainability, Trends

Bleckmann’s circular warehouse becomes the norm in Europe

More than a year after completion, Bleckmann has celebrated the opening of the Netherlands’ first circular warehouse. Karl Lagerfeld is the first customer who has consciously chosen to move to this warehouse in the Dutch …

disruptions

Trends

83% of supply chains unable to respond to disruptions within 24 hours

Progress in making supply chains more flexible and resilient is slow. Global research by IDC, commissioned by Kinaxis, reveals that the average response time to disruptions is five days. And that hinders progress on resilience …

compliance

Sustainability, Trends

Compliance issue requires cross-functional approach

In addition to all the disruptions in their supply chains, companies face more and more legislation on sustainability. It is not just government agencies that enforce these, but increasingly NGOs and other interest groups. During …

Supply Chain Scale-up Contest

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Three German companies in European Supply Chain Scale-up Contest 2024 final

Digilo, Holocene and The Climate Choice are the three scale-ups that will compete in the final of the European Supply Chain Scale-up Contest 2024. They won their places thanks to their diverse applications of artificial …