Checklist for product availability

Planning, Checklist, Trends

Checklist for product availability

Today’s consumers expect reliable product availability and sustainable operations. However, many manufacturers and retailers struggle to meet these requirements, while also being profitable and minimizing waste at the same time. Supply chain leaders often face …

Checklist for warehouse optimization

Checklist, Trends

Checklist for warehouse optimization

Warehouse automation is trendy, but the reality is that only 5% of warehousing tasks can be fully automated. The remaining 95% still require skilled human intervention. The key challenge lies in identifying which manual processes …

Picnic

Trends

Online retailer Picnic is out of the red thanks to robotization

Online supermarket Picnic made a profit in the Netherlands for the first time last year. According to director and founder Michiel Muller, this was mainly due to robotization of the distribution centre in Utrecht. But …

Dutch transport and logistics sector

Trends

Dutch transport and logistics sector achieves modest growth

The Dutch transport and logistics sector is getting back on solid ground this year. Growth is returning in logistics, parcel and road transport as excess stocks have been run down and demand for consumer goods …

end-to-end visibility

Trends

Supply chain executives’ ambitions extend further than end-to-end visibility

Less than 30% of internationally operating companies currently have end-to-end supply chain visibility. That is according to research by Supply Chain Media and Buck Consultants International among 123 supply chain executives. But those executives do …

Recording

Trends, Webinar Recording

Recording webinar ‘Intelligent WMS’

With complex supply chains and growing e-commerce demands, the need for faster, more accurate fulfilment is critical. A WMS helps by automating processes, optimizing operations, and reducing manual tasks, all while providing real-time inventory visibility …

Supply Chain Movement Sustainability

Exclusively in magazine, Magazine, Reports, Trends

Supply Chain Movement 54 | Sustainability

The main theme of the 54th issue (Q3, 2024) of the quarterly magazine Supply Chain Movement is Sustainability.  Publication Date: September 27, 2024 12 | Profile Magne Setnes, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Heineken Magne Setnes joined Dutch brewery …

supply chain trends

Trends

Supply chain trends result in diverse plans: ‘Just do it!’

From GenAI to digital twins and from cost control to sustainability: a variety of trends and developments were reviewed during Supply Chain Media's Trend Dinner. However, those who blindly pursue all trends risk getting bogged …

learning organization

Trends

Learning organization requires learning leaders

As a supply chain leader, how do you create an environment in which people are continuously learning? Firstly by setting a good example yourself, it was revealed during Webinar Wednesday. And then by creating an …

CO₂ Subway Map

Blogs, Sustainability, Trends

CO₂ Subway Map

Measuring one’s own CO₂ emissions seems to be more popular among consumers than among businesses. According to news agency Bloomberg, smartphone apps that track individual CO₂ emissions from purchases are very much on the rise. …