Even before the COVID-19 crisis, calls for end-to-end supply chain visibility were common among internationally operating manufacturing companies. Indeed, for most businesses, visibility did not extend beyond their own perimeter fence in practice. Supply chain …
The most effective way to disrupt Russia’s war effort in Ukraine is to attack its artillery supply chains. That is the conclusion of a new report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the …
For too long, supply chain design has been limited to a few people in the organization running ragged responding to continuous questions and project requests. What if you could deploy the power of supply chain …
Cleaning equipment manufacturer Kärcher firmly believes in the power of start-ups to keep innovating. The German multinational even has a department that continuously scans new companies’ offerings and thus also discovered Carbmee’s carbon management tool. …
Dutch manufacturers perform worse on CO2 efficiency than their European competitors. Between 2021 and 2023, CO2 emissions per unit of product increased among the 282 manufacturing companies covered by the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …
In the logistics real estate industry, there is a growing realization that resistance to XXL distribution centres is here to stay. Not only because of the amount of space they take up and their environmental …
Dutch logistics companies lose over four hours of productivity per week due to faltering equipment and systems. This downtime leads to extra stress for 36% of employees, and to 34% having to work overtime. This …
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European legislation such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is forcing companies to work on sustainability. Many efforts focus on mapping Scope 3 emissions. Calculating or …
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Magne Setnes joined Dutch brewery giant Heineken 25 years ago. He just completed a PhD in artificial intelligence, long before most of us had heard of it. His task was to collect and analyze data …
Cargo theft is increasing rapidly. A new case of truckload theft is now reported almost daily, whereas there were only a few cases per month up until recently. Consequently, transport insurers are increasingly deciding to …
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