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 …

Searoutes

Software, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Searoutes

Searoutes was founded against the backdrop of expectations that the maritime trade volume will triple and transport-related carbon emissions will increase fourfold by 2050. Spotting an opportunity to replace outdated spreadsheets with its data-rich API, …

Leaderboard AIMMS WW 22-04-2024
Tony’s Chocolonely

Trends, Visibility

Tony’s Chocolonely risks missing out on festive season

Due to a salmonella outbreak at a Barry Callebaut factory, the Dutch brand Tony’s Chocolonely is currently struggling to produce its chocolate letters in time for the St. Nicholas period. In the Netherlands, chocolate letters …

Deliveroo

Trends

Deliveroo to cease meal deliveries in the Netherlands

Meal delivery company Deliveroo has announced its intention to cease all activities in the Netherlands. The online platform has decided that the country is too small for it to be sufficiently profitable. Although the plans …

Leaderboard Slimstock WW 15 May 2024
sustainable supply chains

Sustainability, Trends

Sustainable supply chains: time to get serious

The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change has prompted many executives to announce carbon neutrality dates for their companies, typically somewhere between 2030 and 2050. Ambition levels vary by industry, but with regulatory pressure increasing …

consortia block exemption for container shipping

Trends

EU launches review of consortia block exemption for container shipping

Customers of logistics service providers have long criticized the container shipping Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER). They are claiming that it actually distorts the market, forcing them to pay huge amounts for container transport while …

Descartes leaderboard TMS buyers guide 22-4-2024
distribution centres

Trends

Dangerous working conditions in distribution centres

Fulfilling the promise of ‘Ordered today, delivered tomorrow’ relies on the efforts of countless operatives in distribution centres (DCs) – often temporary staff or migrant workers who pick and pack the orders. As the number …

Planning, Trends

SCM Directors Club workshop underlines importance of scenario planning

If China attacks Taiwan tomorrow, what consequences will that have for your supply chain? And how will you respond? This is one example of the scenarios examined by the SCM Directors Club members during the …

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