sustainability

Sustainability, Trends

Sustainability leads to strategic discussions

Despite the uncertain economic outlook, sustainability remains high on the corporate agenda. But how do you get the entire company – from senior management to shop floor – to work more sustainably? During the Sustainability …

greening end-to-end supply chains

Sustainability, Trends

Greening end-to-end supply chains is not impossible

Integrating carbon footprint reductions is a realistic objective in many supply chains, without a huge cost increase or lowering the customer service level. However, an end-to-end approach to ‘green’ inbound transportation of both materials and …

hybrid shopping experience

Trends

Retailers need to improve the hybrid shopping experience

Many financial and retail analysts agree that 2023 is likely to be a tough year for traditional retail chains. Not only are consumers keeping a tight grip on spending, but the boundaries between physical and …

ESG

Software, Sustainability, Trends

Limited use of technology for ESG reporting

Executives at companies Europe-wide are searching for the best way to implement ESG reporting within their operations. Yet according to a recent survey across several European countries, considerably less than half of all companies use …

Eurotunnel

Sustainability, Trends

Eurotunnel is a sustainable option for rail transport

Despite Brexit, huge volumes of goods continue to flow between mainland Europe and the UK every day. In terms of export, the Netherlands remains the UK’s third largest trading partner. In 2022, for example, the …

sales & operations execution

Planning, Trends

Sales & operations execution prevents distractions in S&OP process

More and more companies are finding that their monthly sales & operations planning (S&OP) meetings largely revolve around the acute supply chain problems. As a result, they have hardly any time left to discuss medium-term …

The Seaweed Company

Sustainability, Trends

Willemijn Potjer sets up supply chain for The Seaweed Company: “I have to figure it out myself”

Seaweed is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world. It not only absorbs harmful substances from seawater, such as CO2, it also grows without the use of land, fresh water, fertilisers and pesticides. Moreover, …

Saint-Gobain

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Saint-Gobain: “Refreshing ideas supply chain start-ups give you extra energy”

When French multinational Saint-Gobain was looking for a solution to its operational supply chain planning challenges, Supply Chain Director Josep Tascon Estrada contacted the start-up Flowlity and eventually decided to launch a pilot. In this …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘S&OP and Planning Execution’

Companies urgently need to improve their Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Instead of clutching at long-term forecasts, they must improve their short-term agility. Companies are facing increasing pressure on their S&OP process due to factors …

inventory leakage

Trends

Inventory leakage causes significant retail losses

As much as 2.1% of all inventory fails to make it onto store shelves intact. One major cause of this are the numerous errors made during the delivery, receipt, picking and loading of goods. The …