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software selection

Software, Trends

Software selection requires a race plan

Thou shalt... select planning software in line with thy future In a go-getting organization in which both planning and sport form part of its DNA, the one-liners and slogans regularly fly around your ears. One such …

software selection-Erik-Kriek

Exclusively in magazine, Planning, Software, Trends

Supply chain community seeks new tools

Supply chain disruption causes doubts and despair within companies. Many existing planning systems fall short in factoring in unpredictability and uncertainty. Therefore, more and more supply chain professionals are keen to find supply chain software …

Recording: Broadcast 'Trends in Supply Chain'

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording: Broadcast ‘Trends in Supply Chain’

How to visualize the world and its increasing complexity? Many companies are still struggling with the unforeseen consequences of the coronavirus crisis and the war in Ukraine. Martijn Lofvers urges them to run through scenarios and …

Mithra-Ai

Software, Trends

Mithra-Ai’s cognitive spend intelligence platform enters proof-of-concept phase

Dutch tech start-up Mithra-Ai Solutions aims to transform the strategic procurement function across multiple industries. By optimizing direct and indirect spend, its technology can help procurement teams to save millions. The start-up has recently secured a …

Lululemon

Trends, Visibility

Lululemon makes inventory data available in the cloud

With the help of RFID partner Nedap, Lululemon is making its inventory data available in the cloud. The sportswear and accessories company aims to improve its customers’ omnichannel shopping experience across its network of more …

Shimano

Trends

Shimano moves distribution to Belgium

Bicycle parts manufacturer Shimano is outsourcing its distribution to logistics service provider Kuehne+Nagel. This will result in the closure of the company’s own warehouse in the Dutch town of Nunspeet. Starting later this year, Kuehne+Nagel …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Webinar recording ‘The benefits of auditing stock throughout the supply chain’

Experience tells us there are several common functions in the supply chain where shrink can occur, and the solution is not fixing one of them, but ALL of them. Supply chain auditing is about making …

container shipping rates

Trends

Year-long decline in container shipping spot rates comes to an end

Spot rates for container shipping seem to be on the up again, since the Drewry World Container Index finally indicated a rise in its first listing of 2023. The index closed at $2,135, up 0.7%. …

Gartner

Sustainability, Trends

Gartner: Most companies will fail to deliver on their sustainability promises

90% of companies’ publicized sustainability promises will not be met by 2025 due to their reliance on single-use plastic packaging. This claim was made by Simon Bailey, vice president of analyst firm Gartner, on the …

anthill

Blogs, Trends

Supply chain influencers

In 2022, influencers dominated consumer product marketing on social media. Emerging seemingly out of nowhere, they promoted products on Instagram and other social media channels and turned them into unexpected successes. Nowadays, established brands make …

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