The COVID-19 outbreak has revealed weaknesses in many supply chains. Every link in the chain does its own planning, but there is often no tool in place to connect all those plans together. In a …
Digitalization, globalization, sustainability and the current pandemic are all forcing companies to strategically reassess their business priorities. Supply Chain Media has asked a number of supply chain directors and high potentials for their reactions to …
Ampleon has used the Supply Chain Media assessment tool to gain better insight into its focus areas relating to supply chain visibility. That fact emerged during an online discussion of end-to-end supply chain visibility held …
The coronavirus has turned the world upside down and will continue to have a major impact on people’s personal and working lives for the foreseeable future. Some are even claiming that coronavirus is a game …
Boston Scientific is aiming for ‘contactless’ distribution at its distribution centre (DC) in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. It first started automating the DC back in 2013. The manufacturer and distributor of medical products has now taken …
I’ve heard the saying ‘Keep it simple, stupid’ many times and have applied it successfully in projects myself. The adage ‘Start simple, create success and build on it’ is in a similar vein and often …
Shortening global supply chains will lead to significant extra costs, claimed Steven Brakman, a lecturer in international economics at the University of Groningen, in the Dutch financial newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad recently. However, all Brakman’s …
Codept was founded by Felix Ostwald and Jonas Grunwald in Berlin, Germany, in 2019. With their product, process and software expertise, their aim is to set a new standard for data exchange and cost optimization …
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