In today’s uncertain times, with increasing geopolitical tensions, decision-makers making plans must try to predict the future. But as Nobel laureate Niels Bohr once said, predicting is very difficult, especially when it comes to the …
The election of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States sent shockwaves through the financial markets. To what extent his campaign promises and his actual policies will match remains to be seen. …
Why does life seem to go faster as you get older? That question from Dutch professor Douwe Draaisma shot through me as I looked back in January at the 15 years that had passed since …
In the Netherlands, supply chain collaboration has been a hot topic for years, both in the media and at conferences. The topic feels like a kind of common 'charity' that no one can be against. …
The world is at a historic crossroads. The outcome of the US presidential election will have a major impact on import tariffs and thus on global trade and international supply chains. Additionally, the re-election of …
Starbucks is in big trouble. In recent years – especially in the US – placing orders online for subsequent pick-up in its outlets has grown substantially. This has resulted in long queues that also irritate …
When we think of visibility, we tend to think of sophisticated systems that provide insight into the functioning of the entire supply chain. Such systems offer all kinds of advantages but, in my opinion, they …
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, calls for end-to-end supply chain visibility were common among internationally operating manufacturing companies. Indeed, for most businesses, visibility did not extend beyond their own perimeter fence in practice. Supply chain …
In the past year, the European Union (EU) has adopted various sustainability directives, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), …
With the wave of consolidation among vendors of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and planning software, many supply chain improvement projects have now become more like software implementations. Central to this is that operational and …
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