crisis management

Trends

‘In supply chain, crisis management should be focused on workforce, products and costs’

To mitigate disruption by coronavirus, supply chain leaders should focus their crisis management activities on three key impact areas: workforce, products and costs, according to a new report by research and consultancy firm Gartner. “Supply …

Impargo

Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Impargo

Impargo was founded in Berlin, Germany, by Gerhard Hänel and Julian Labeit in 2017. Their vision is to digitalize transport order management, from shipper to dispatcher to driver, and to become the largest autonomous freight matching …

Leaderboard AIMMS WW 22-04-2024
stockpile

Planning, Trends

Thou shalt stockpile!

In supply chain management, the 5 P’s are ‘Perfect Preparation Prevents Poor Performance’. You should always be ready for what might happen – and stockpiling should be part of those preparations, because robust supply chains …

logistics service providers

Trends

Half of all logistics service providers expect coronavirus outbreak to put dent in profits

Dutch logistics service providers are already expecting the coronavirus pandemic to have a significant impact on their business, according to an online survey conducted by Supply Chain Media last week. When asked about the effect …

Leaderboard Eurolog 22-28 april 2024
Savoye

Software, Trends

Acquisition takes French WMS vendor Savoye into retail stores

Savoye, a French vendor of warehouse management system (WMS) software, has acquired fellow French company SoCloz, a provider of digital omnichannel platforms (SaaS) for bricks-and-mortar stores. The takeover adds omnichannel retail solutions to Savoye’s already …

Besi

Trends

Besi CEO remains calm in face of coronavirus crisis

Richard Blickman is not panicking about the coronavirus crisis just yet. He has been at the helm of Besi, a company that makes machines for the chip industry, for the past 25 years and is …

Descartes leaderboard TMS buyers guide 22-4-2024
Francesca Gamboni

Sustainability, Trends

Francesca Gamboni, Groupe PSA: “It’s my ambition to get supply chain represented on the board”

“The automotive industry is very challenging. It is extremely complex with a huge diversity in products and it’s very demanding from a cost management perspective. All in all, that makes it very exciting,” says Francesca …

logistics-service

Blogs

High-scoring talent

In today’s rapidly changing world, companies should no longer focus on their employees’ weaknesses. Striving to be an all-rounder – just good enough in all areas – belongs to the previous decade’s era of continuous …

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