deforestation-free products

Sustainability, Trends

Satellite images combined with data provide hard evidence for deforestation-free products

How can you prove that goods have not been produced on deforested land? Public satellite images do not provide sufficient proof of deforestation-free products, Satelligence believes. For that, those images need to be combined with …

Mindmap AI in supply chains

Mindmap, Trends

Mindmap AI in supply chains

The recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 are astonishing and changing the business dramatically. AI is also revolutionizing supply chains by addressing some of the most pressing …

S&OP

Software, Trends

Every S&OP supplier has their own take on supply chain

S&OP software vendors show significant maturity in their general planning functionality, but differ greatly in their approach to industry-specific issues. That was one of the conclusions attendees drew after participating in the second S&OP Demo …

Checklist for product availability

Checklist, Planning, Trends

Checklist for product availability

Today’s consumers expect reliable product availability and sustainable operations. However, many manufacturers and retailers struggle to meet these requirements, while also being profitable and minimizing waste at the same time. Supply chain leaders often face …

Checklist for warehouse optimization

Checklist, Trends

Checklist for warehouse optimization

Warehouse automation is trendy, but the reality is that only 5% of warehousing tasks can be fully automated. The remaining 95% still require skilled human intervention. The key challenge lies in identifying which manual processes …

Picnic

Trends

Online retailer Picnic is out of the red thanks to robotization

Online supermarket Picnic made a profit in the Netherlands for the first time last year. According to director and founder Michiel Muller, this was mainly due to robotization of the distribution centre in Utrecht. But …

Dutch transport and logistics sector

Trends

Dutch transport and logistics sector achieves modest growth

The Dutch transport and logistics sector is getting back on solid ground this year. Growth is returning in logistics, parcel and road transport as excess stocks have been run down and demand for consumer goods …

end-to-end visibility

Trends

Supply chain executives’ ambitions extend further than end-to-end visibility

Less than 30% of internationally operating companies currently have end-to-end supply chain visibility. That is according to research by Supply Chain Media and Buck Consultants International among 123 supply chain executives. But those executives do …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Intelligent WMS’

With complex supply chains and growing e-commerce demands, the need for faster, more accurate fulfilment is critical. A WMS helps by automating processes, optimizing operations, and reducing manual tasks, all while providing real-time inventory visibility …

Supply Chain Movement Sustainability

Exclusively in magazine, Magazine, Reports, Trends

Supply Chain Movement 54 | Sustainability

The main theme of the 54th issue (Q3, 2024) of the quarterly magazine Supply Chain Movement is Sustainability.  Publication Date: September 27, 2024 12 | Profile Magne Setnes, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Heineken Magne Setnes joined Dutch brewery …