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service measures

Software, Trends

Align service measures across supply chain

Service level should be the clearest and most impactful KPI in any supply chain, capturing the ability of the supply chain to enable the company to satisfy customers’ expectations. For many companies it is considered …

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Supply Chain Movement issue 33 – From S&OP to IBP

Contents Supply Chain Movement 33 – 2019 Q2 Date of appearance: May 10th, 2019 6 | News & background The majority of European manufacturers are still only at the early stages of their digital supply chain journey, according …

digichain

inNOWvate, Sustainability, Trends

Carlos Cordon: “Supply chain digitalization has unexpected benefits”

According to Carlos Cordon, a professor at the IMD Business School in Switzerland, innovation can lead to surprising results. “Supply chain digitalization offers lots of benefits, but often not the ones we expected,” stated Cordon, …

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inNOWvate, Sustainability, Trends

Circular IQ wins second European Supply Chain Start-up Contest

The Dutch start-up Circular IQ has won the second edition of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest during the inNOWvate Supply Chain Event which was held in Amersfoort, the Netherlands on 22 May 2019. This …

start-up contest 2019

inNOWvate, Trends

The 5 finalists in the 2nd European Supply Chain Start-up Contest 2019

From a total of more than 20 entries from across the continent, the five finalists for the second edition of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest have now been selected. These companies are still in …

E2open

Trends, Visibility

E2open to acquire Amber Road

E2open – a provider of cloud-based networked supply chain solutions – is set to acquire Amber Road, a leading player in cloud-based global trade management software, trade content and training. The combination of E2open and …

Whirlpool

Trends

Whirlpool opens SSC for supply chain

Whirlpool EMEA has opened a new shared service centre (SSC) for supply chain in Poland. The establishment of the new facility, which is located in Łódź, Poland’s third-largest city, follows detailed analysis of the appliance manufacturer’s …

blockchain fatigue

Trends

Gartner warns of ‘blockchain fatigue’ in supply chain

Although blockchain remains a popular topic, leading companies are not yet managing to find suitable use cases according to research and consulting firm Gartner. Therefore, the firm predicts that 90% of the supply chain initiatives …

Pro Alliance

Trends

Supply chain scale-up in the spotlight: Pro Alliance

The Belgian firm Pro Alliance is a collaboration hub designed especially for supply chains, where conversations happen, data is shared and decisions are made. It stems from the idea that siloed supply chains are static …

e-CMR

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First cross-border use of e-CMR

In a pilot project in February and March of this year, TransFollow’s e-CMR digital consignment note has been used in practice for the first time on the route between the United Kingdom, France and the …

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