talent pipeline

Trends

‘Supply chain leaders must improve talent retention rates’

At a recent talent management workshop, the overall statement for discussion was: ‘We should manage the talent pipeline in the same way as our supply chains’. Supply chain executives from home and abroad endorsed this …

S&OP

Planning, Trends

Increasing risks require new S&OP competences

Many companies started with Sales & Operations Planning in the pre-COVID era. But how can you do S&OP now that uncertainty and unpredictability have increased so dramatically? During a Webinar Wednesday, Involvation explained which five …

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Lidl

Trends

Lidl adds its own rail transport company

Supermarket chain Lidl already had its own shipping company – Tailwind Shipping Lines – and has now added its own rail transport company: Tailwind Intermodal. The rail company is focused on the hinterland transport of …

GS1

Sustainability, Trends

Sustainability legislation creates huge new task for GS1

Under ESG legislation, companies have to start recording a long list of sustainability data. In this context, standardization organization GS1 has an important task to fulfil. Moreover, by introducing a new QR code, as the …

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Amazon

Trends

Amazon opens first Disaster Relief Hub in Europe

Amazon is opening its first European Disaster Relief Hub (DRH) in Germany. The hub will be equipped with a thousand pallets of relief goods by the e-commerce giant. Amazon’s global logistics network can also be …

artificial intelligence

Blogs, Trends

Winning artificial intelligence

What will be the most successful application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain? Since IT vendor OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, there has been a real hype around generative AI. According to …

SCM Consulting SWM leaderboard 15 maart 2024
start-ups

Exclusively in magazine, Trends

Growth spurts are part of life for start-ups

A year ago, Supply Chain Media launched a series of articles on companies partnering with start-ups. What is the current state of play? Are these companies managing to further roll out their start-up solutions? The …

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Checklist, Trends

Checklist for network design tooling

Companies want to maximize their service levels while cutting costs at the same time, but these goals often contradict each other. How can you find the optimum balance when determining where to place facilities, their …

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