Trends

Trends

warehouses

Trends

Employees regard warehouses as a hotbed for COVID-19 transmission

Warehouses are a hotbed for coronavirus transmission, according to 39% of people working in the logistics sector. This is one of the findings from a survey conducted by workforce management specialist Protime among more than …

Isabelle Conrot

Trends

Isabelle Conrot, Roche Pharma: “I want my legacy to be a lean and agile supply chain organization”

“The right doors opened for me at the right time,” says Isabelle Conrot who has spent her entire career – 27 years – working for the Swiss healthcare company, Roche. Always curious to see where …

transport choices

Trends

Delays and uncertainty force businesses to reassess their transport choices

Faced with sky-high tariffs, port closures and congestion at container terminals, many shippers decided to transport their goods from China by train instead of by boat. However, the New Silk Road infrastructure couldn’t cope with …

Dominic Regan blog webinar

Trends

Orchestrating transportation with data

Logistics in modern companies not only supports corporate strategy, it enables it. And to meet today’s logistics challenges of the three C’s – customer service, carbon, and cost, these companies are looking to harness data. …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar Top 28 Supply Chain Executives Europe 2021

Supply Chain Media, KMPG and Inspired- Search organized a webinar about the Top 28 Supply Chain Executives Europe. For this year’s edition, Supply Chain Media, KPMG Advisory and Inspired-Search scanned the top European executives and compiled a …

Hesselberg

Trends

Hesselberg improves spare parts availability near the Polar circle

If you’re based in northern Norway, how can you get faulty construction equipment and forklifts up and running again as quickly as possible? During a recent Webinar Wednesday, Thomas Bach-Nilsen from the Hesselberg Group explained …

SCM Global Pub Quiz

Trends

Henkel wins second edition of SCM Global Pub Quiz

Besides causing widespread disruption in the supply chain, COVID-19 has also produced some positives – such as the new tradition of rounding off each year with a global pub quiz about supply chain management. In …

empty supermarket shelves

Software, Trends

New software reduces the chance of empty supermarket shelves

New software offers a solution for supply bottlenecks in international goods traffic. Experts from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft – the largest applied research organization in Europe – have succeeded in developing IT solutions that significantly reduce the likelihood of empty …

Christmas tree

Trends

Fears of Christmas tree shortage in North America

In North America, concerns about COVID-19 seem to have been temporarily displaced by fears of a looming shortage of Christmas trees. Many Americans are worried that their Christmas celebrations will be spoiled due to the …

S&OP

Planning, Software, Trends

‘S&OP implementation can and must be much faster’

Many companies continue to struggle with sales & operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP). Eric van Dijk, CEO of Slimstock, advocates a practical approach. “You don’t learn how to play football by studying …

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