sustainable supply chains

Sustainability, Trends

Radically different growth model needed to make supply chains truly sustainable

If we really want to create sustainable supply chains, we have to break the current paradigm of exclusively focusing on capital growth, according to social entrepreneur, management coach and researcher Sander Tideman. He was speaking …

GenLots

Planning, Software, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: GenLots

GenLots was originally founded by Simon Schenker and Arnaud on the EPFL campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2017, stemming from research into the use of machine learning in the planning of material purchases. The conclusion …

AIMMS leaderboard checklist Network Design Tooling 18032024
Aldi

Trends

New DC takes Aldi into final phase of supply chain redesign

By opening its brand-new mega distribution centre (48,000m2) in the Dutch city of Deventer, grocery chain Aldi has taken another important step in the strategic redesign of its supply chain in the Netherlands, which started …

supply chain disruptions

Trends

‘Factor supply chain disruptions into your budget’

How can your company go about covering all the supply chain risks? And what does that mean for your budget? Solventure and Zencargo answered these questions during Dialogue Thursday. Alfred den Besten from Solventure advised …

Leaderboard WW TMS 3 april
disruption

Trends

Disruption affects supply chains of Ace & Tate and Adama

What is the impact of disruptions like the war in Ukraine? And how can we protect our supply chains against them? Those were the two most pressing questions during the very first SCM Talk Show …

Anne van de Poel,

Sustainability, Trends

Anne van de Poel, Too Good To Go: ‘Get data out of silos’

Anne van de Poel left Mars Wrigley to become Global Manufacturing Lead at Too Good To Go, a scale-up that aims to create a world without food waste. According to her, the biggest problem is …

SCM Consulting SWM leaderboard 15 maart 2024
MediaMarkt

Sustainability, Trends

MediaMarkt makes its same-day deliveries more sustainable

Consumer electronics retailer MediaMarkt has chosen the Bringly platform to deliver its online orders on the same day and carbon-neutrally. The orders will be delivered by bicycle or electric cars from MediaMarkt’s stores and various …

autonomous mobile robots

Trends

Autonomous mobile robots can make fulfilment cheaper, faster and better

Online turnover has risen sharply in recent years and many retailers are now faced with having to make major investments in their supply chains. They need to increase their fulfilment capacity and set up local …

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