logistics employees

Reports, Trends

More than half of logistics employees have considered a career move

Over half (58%) of logistics employees have recently considered making a career move. For 45% of them, the most important reason was a lack of growth opportunities. 72% said they would be willing to stay …

SCM Q2 2023 Martijn Derks - Fulfilment IT

Exclusively in magazine, Magazine, Reports

Supply Chain Movement 49 | Fulfilment & IT

The main theme of the Q2, 2023 issue of quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Fulfilment & IT.  Publication Date: June 2, 2023 12 | Profile Martijn Derks, Global Supply Chain Resilience Director, Mars What with natural disasters due …

technology

inNOWvate, Planning, Trends

Supply chain technology is thriving, but is not the answer to everything

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has provided a huge boost to supply chain planning solutions. At Supply Chain Media’s annual inNOWvate Supply Chain Event, vendors showcased the latest developments, but also warned against setting …

start-ups and scale-ups

inNOWvate, Trends

Start-ups and scale-ups open people’s eyes at inNOWvate

In almost every supply chain, the same actions are performed day after day without question. The six young companies that were invited to pitch their solutions at the inNOWvate Supply Chain Event in the Dutch …

Large Language Models

Trends

How will Large Language Models impact supply chains?

Everyone is talking about Large Language Models (LLM), such as ChatGPT, and the supply chain community is no different. But beyond amusing posts and news chatter, IMD professor Ralf Seifert and supply chain researcher Richard …

Ewan Andrew

Sustainability, Trends

Ewan Andrew, Diageo: “All supply leaders are currently balancing cost, cash and carbon”

Ewan Andrew has worked for Diageo for more than 25 years. Having risen through the ranks, he knows how to deliver a world class supply chain for the global producer of brands such as Guinness, …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Optimizing your supply chain design for carbon emissions’

"More than 90% of companies’ environmental impact comes from their supply chains." (EY, 2022) In today's world, sustainability has become a critical issue and organizations are now seeking ways to minimize their carbon footprint. This is …

Checklist for Footprint Strategy

Checklist, Trends

Checklist for Footprint Strategy

Over 60% of European and US companies expect to reshore some of their production activities from Asia back to Europe or the US over the next three years. That is the main conclusion from the …

crippling decision-making

Blogs, Trends

One supplier or several?

Many supply chain executives have been able to prove their worth since the early 2020s, during disruptions including factory shutdowns in China, the obstruction of the Suez Canal, the shift to online shopping (and back …

inNOWvate Supply Chain Event 2023

inNOWvate, Trends

Best of inNOWvate Supply Chain Event – May 11, 2023

The sixth edition of inNOWvate Supply Chain Event, at movie theatre Pathé, Ede, the Netherlands, was a great success. The theme of the 2023 edition of this event was ‘Which mountain to climb?’, letting delegates …