Supply Chain Middle East Strategy Summit
Date: 7th and 8th February 2012
Location: Dusit Thani, Dubai
Organiser: Fleming Gulf Conferences
Post the hit from the recession, companies across the globe are trying to get back on their feet and...
Advanced Forum on Supply Chain Security
Date: Monday, January 30 to Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Location: Le Méridien Hotel, Brussels
Organiser: C5
With organised crime on the rise and terrorist activities a constant threat, having a secur...
"It's two minutes to twelve, and we continue navel gazing!" said one of the participants during the S&OP mini-seminar recently held at ArlaFoods in Nijkerk. Just before Lourens Schouwink, CFO Samsung Benelux, had talked about their ambitions and...
11/1/2011 at 12:27 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments
Since the growth of the obesity problems, lots of attention has been given to the slow food movement. The substantial growth of fast food has contributed a lot to obesity problems in developed countries. The same fastfood is new doing the same in...
Recently I was invited by a production company in the south of The Netherlands. The reason was chronic lack of grip on the production process. This was far from a new problem. However, increasing pressure on cost and reliability, forced the plant...
Oliver Wight Webinar shows how Supply Chain Benchmarking can reduce supply chain costs by 50%
Date and time: 31st October 2011 at 2:15pm (BST)
Location: the comfort of your own home
Organisation: Oliver Wight
Event website: http://www.wtgwebinar....
10/21/2011 at 11:31 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments
What is the company behaviour to risk and danger? Natural disasters in last years have made companies more and more aware of supply chain risks. The earthquake and the following tsunami in Japan made clear where risks of supply of components...
10/21/2011 at 11:08 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments
How can a company quickly and efficiently identify and visually display the weakest links in the supply chain? This is the main question of the project to automate supply chain risk displays by MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics in Boston....
10/21/2011 at 11:04 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments
“Supply chain is a central part of our business,” commented Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Unilever, during the Supply Chain Executive Conference in London in the middle of September 2011.
“One size supply chain doesn...
10/21/2011 at 10:51 am | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments
City logistics in emerging countries (like South America, India, China, etc.) is more challenging and of higher complexity than doing city distribution in Western regions (like Europe or North America).
This is not my statement but expressed by dr...