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Supply Chain Middle East Strategy Summit

12/7/2011 at 2:31 pm | Kim | No Comments

 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...

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Supply Chain Security

12/7/2011 at 2:17 pm | Kim | No Comments

 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...

S&OP Asian style

11/23/2011 at 5:57 pm | Marieke | No Comments

"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...

Fast food or slow food in your planning?

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...

Lean with more stock

10/31/2011 at 4:30 pm | Marieke | No Comments

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...

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Free webinar on reducing supply chain costs

10/28/2011 at 10:03 am | Marieke | No Comments

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....

Natural risk behaviour

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...

Global SCALE Risk Initiative

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....

Segmentation proves crucial for the supply chain

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...

Emerging countries, cities and logistics

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...

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