events
Logy Conference
Logy Conference is organized annually by the Finnish Association of Purchasing & Logistics (LOGY) and in 2019 it will be held on the 8th and 9th of February in Helsinki. The seminar is a popular …
Digital supply chain report reveals gap between expectations and reality
Cost savings and new revenue opportunities are the top goals for supply chain digitization, and large organizations are running an average of 29 different pre-deployment digital supply chain initiatives. Due to a lack of focus, …
Future blockchain-based trade platform TradeLens looks uncertain
Despite the best intentions of IBM and Maersk with TradeLens, launched at the start of 2018, the future of this blockchain-based trade platform for the real-time monitoring of ocean freight looks increasingly uncertain as it …
Unilever tops ranking of top 15 best-performing supply chain leaders again
Unilever has topped research and advisory firm Gartner’s ranking of the industry’s top 15 best-performing supply chain leaders for the third time. Inditex, Nestlé, H&M and Schneider Electric are ranked in second to fifth place, …
Wim van Aalst, Waitrose: “Brexit overshadows everything; we expect rough times ahead”
Over its 130-year history the John Lewis Partnership has become a well-established 11 billion pound retail and food business in the UK. Much of its continued success is thanks to the revolutionary ideas of John …
Views on supply chain visibility
There is a growing need for supply chain visibility, but in what form? Do companies need visibility of the inbound, outbound and/or internal supply chain? And who has full end-to-end supply chain visibility extending beyond …
