digitization

Trends

Digitization: frontrunners extend their lead

Many companies say they are digitizing their supply chain, but their words don’t translate into deeds. As a result, they are continually falling further behind the frontrunners. During a recent Supply Chain Media Webinar Wednesday, Flexport’s …

disruptions

Trends, Visibility

Avoiding new disruptions with improved visibility and faster response

Supply chains have now largely recovered after the chaos and disruptions of recent times. To prevent new disruptions, many companies are prioritizing optimization initiatives that improve their end-to-end visibility and response velocity as ways of …

Books, Trends

The ‘big reveal’ of The Magic Conveyor Belt

‘The Magic Conveyor Belt’ rewards those who stick with it. In effect, it is more like two books: an explanatory book and a visionary book. Anyone who gives up during the first part, thinking ‘I …

high rate of innovation

Trends

High rate of innovation requires tightly managed supply chains

If you’re a fast-growing company that is also changing 20 to 25% of its product range, how can you keep a tight grip on your supply chain? Supply chain directors from Rituals and Jobe Sports …

Alibaba

Trends

Alibaba suspected of supply chain espionage

Belgian intelligence services are investigating whether Alibaba is facilitating Chinese espionage at its distribution hub close to Liège. The Chinese e-commerce giant is suspected of attempting to gain insight into supply chains and their eventual …

Recording

Webinar Recording, Trends

Recording webinar ‘Onboarding resilience: Jabil’s game-changing strategy’

What do the 300 of the biggest global brands have in common? They all use Jabil. The electronics manufacturer operates 100 sites across 30 countries and collaborates with over 36,000 suppliers to make components that …

crippling decision-making

Trends

Bearing the burden of supply chain finance

As many of you no doubt know, for the past 12 years I have been doing a lot of research into the retail supply chain in developing countries. The poorest three billion to four billion …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Supply chain network design using location risk analysis’

With many locations in your global network, the risk these might become (temporarily) unavailable is increasing. Factors such as global warming, human conflicts and evolving trade regulations contribute to this risk. As a supply chain …

Mindmap-DCSA-Digital-Shipping-Standards

Mindmap, Trends, Visibility

Mindmap Digital Shipping Standards

The container shipping industry is rapidly evolving, and stakeholders must embrace digitalization to remain competitive. The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and Supply Chain Movement have collaborated to create a practical and concise mindmap that …

Mission Command

Exclusively in magazine, inNOWvate, Trends

Mission Command improves supply chain agility and resilience

Due to increasing uncertainty and unpredictability, supply chains require a new type of leadership. At Supply Chain Media’s inNOWvate Supply Chain Event, it became apparent that the military is an example of how that leadership …