Visibility

Visibility

Saint-Gobain

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Saint-Gobain: “Refreshing ideas supply chain start-ups give you extra energy”

When French multinational Saint-Gobain was looking for a solution to its operational supply chain planning challenges, Supply Chain Director Josep Tascon Estrada contacted the start-up Flowlity and eventually decided to launch a pilot. In this …

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 …

blockchain

Trends, Visibility

Where does blockchain go from here?

Implementation of blockchain in supply chain seems to have reached an impasse. What’s next for the technology born from the world of cryptocurrency? Since it made the leap about six years ago from the then-obscure …

Minespider

Sustainability, Trends, Visibility

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Minespider

Minespider is a blockchain-based traceability platform for mining and raw materials tracking. The supply chain start-up was founded by Nathan Williams in Berlin, Germany, in 2018. Based on the vision of a world where tracked, responsible …

Scania

Trends, Visibility

Scania explores tracking & tracing for incoming goods

Truck manufacturer Scania Group plans to start tracking & tracing incoming goods and is currently testing a solution by InnoTractor. This Dutch start-up is using Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help Scania gain insight …

supply chain executives

Trends, Visibility

The supply chain executive’s agenda keeps growing

The supply chain executive’s agenda is increasingly expanding. What’s more, there continues to be wide gaps between prioritized supply chain topics and their actual implementation. These findings come from the third edition of the IMD …

Optimally balancing inventory

Visibility, Trends

Optimally balancing inventory and service level in three steps

Supply chain problems can have a significant financial impact, causing companies’ inventories to grow faster than their sales and therefore their cash flow to dry up. In view of all the supply chain uncertainty and …

Checklist for ecosystem visibility

Visibility, Checklist, Trends

Checklist for Ecosystem Visibility

Gartner considers multi-enterprise supply chain business networks to be foundational technology for higher-maturity companies. They should implement an end-to-end visibility platform to coordinate, orchestrate, automate and transform the company's extended supply chain within the overall …

Visual Ecosystem for household products

Ecosystem, Trends, Visibility, Visuals

Ecosystem for household products

Due to numerous disruptions and rapidly changing needs, the market has evolved from traditional, largely stable linear supply chains into dynamic global supply chain ecosystems. During the pandemic, the market for household products experienced new …

Tier-3 supply

Planning, Trends, Visibility

The Prediction: By 2025 50% of all manufacturers will have extended visibility to Tier-3 supply

Technologies related to control towers, visibility and machine learning are in the spotlight when it comes to supply chain planning. Supply Chain Media asked a number of international supply chain directors for their reactions to …