The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Covid-19 has left us little choice but to leverage digital tools to stay operational. Suddenly, digital tools, like video conferencing became mainstream, professionally and privately. This change should not only be about technology but most importantly about new opportunities. But technology also failed us.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Linda McKee, the director for global trade services management at SAP, expressed the idea this way, “I don’t think we currently have any real standard global trade scenarios. Global trade services is one of 4 pillars of GRC at SAP, the others being enterprise risk and compliance, identity and access governance, and cybersecurity.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

Suddenly, digital tools, like video conferencing became mainstream. Are we about to see a broader and better use of technology to drive productivity and build more resilient chains? It becomes clear that this change is not only about technology but most importantly about mind shifts and new concepts. But how deep is the change?

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DiManEx

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Aftermarket services are extremely important for many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Technologies like AM offer a promising alternative to simplify supply chains. DiManEx collaborated with VTT to perform automatic part identification using Supply Chain Inspector , the analytics engine on the DiManEx platform.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

Increased e-commerce sales during the pandemic brought last mile logistics into the limelight. The staff at GlobalTranz notes, “Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. In addition, growth in e-commerce is radicalizing how shippers view last mile logistics.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

Increased e-commerce sales during the pandemic brought last mile logistics into the limelight. The staff at GlobalTranz notes, “Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. In addition, growth in e-commerce is radicalizing how shippers view last mile logistics.”[1]

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 12, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. MSC Acquires Bollore’s Africa Logistics Unit. Panasonic Holdings.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 16, 2019

It is with a great deal of pleasure I announce Enterra Solutions ® has signed a multi-year solution-as-a-service contract with Nestlé USA®. The agreement calls for Enterra to provide a next generation analytics and insights platform along with other business applications to Nestlé. With 2018 sales of $9.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. To achieve this, VF has invested in their logistics infrastructure. This one distribution center can service 90% of the UK with shipping that occurs in two days or less.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 18, 2018

In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. Concurrent planning breaking down silos.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

PUDO (PickUp & DropOff) services can greatly reduce the carbon impact of last-mile delivery, as more products can be dropped to one point, rather than many home addresses. CARBON CALCULATION TOOLS FOR E-COMMERCE PARCELS. Barbara Saskia Schielke is Chief HR & CSR Officer for Asendia, based in Switzerland.

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SCM Research

JULY 30, 2014

A premium resource, dedicated to academic positions in logistics, is the Academic Hiring Survey (pdf), provided by The Ohio State University. SCM positions are also announced on the Logprofs and Transci-Logistics-section mailing lists. Research Logistics Operations Management Supply Chain Management'

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. I have a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology but I’ve spend most of my career in operations. We brought end users from the UK, Belgium, Switzerland, and so on.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. I have a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology but I’ve spend most of my career in operations. We brought end users from the UK, Belgium, Switzerland, and so on.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This wasn’t a software or IT project but rather a business implementation project that came with a fantastically diverse group of data scientists, business leaders, and supply chain professionals who are part of the Project Zebra think tank community. increase in forecast value add and reduced impact from the bullwhip effect.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 24, 2018

Digital technologies, including cloud-based platforms, encourage interest in the current WMS market on the part of supply chain executives. According to Warehouse Logistics , there are more than 170 vendors located in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Today, the market statistics are almost impossible to identify.

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Procurement Academy

MARCH 2, 2023

Ewellix, part of the Schaeffler Group, is the leading global manufacturer and supplier of linear motion solutions, which incorporate state-of-the-art designs, components, and digital technology.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

” The staff at Supply Chain Link notes, “The terms ‘visibility’ and ‘transparency’ are often used interchangeably in the logistics world. Logistics providers market benefits of visibility and transparency, but it has many customers wondering what exactly the difference is between the two terms.

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Savant Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Australia, France, Switzerland, the USA (and individual states) and Mexico also have legislation in force, while the Netherlands, South Korea and New Zealand are among the countries with legislation either proposed or passed but yet to come into force. The financial services sector is currently exempt.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour. Cross docking originated in the 1930s, and has evolved over time as logistics and management of goods has become more reliant on technology. The goods are sorted and transported to their final destination.

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SCM Research

MAY 1, 2012

Last week, I was invited to beautiful Switzerland, where I held a seminar for supply chain managers from 30 large logistics service providers and manufacturing firms. Initially, these managers were asked about SCM topics they are currently most interested in.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In his 20-year career with Unilever, Engel has worked in Singapore, the Netherlands, UK, Brazil, Switzerland and Kenya. He has extensive experience in supply-chain operations, covering procurement, logistics, finance and strategy development.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2019

Most of us still trusted brick-and-mortar stores, we didn’t have price comparison services, and we were at the mercy of large corporations for discounts.”[2] Even in health care, digital technology has already started changing how consumers choose service providers. “Customize services to meet customer needs.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Switzerland is also way ahead at €87 per person. Only in larger cities like Berlin, the Ruhr district, and Hamburg do we see enough demand for a delivery service. In addition to a home delivery service with temperature-controlled trucks, it’s also offering click-and-collect services at some of its outlets.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Companies can create digital supply chains and digital supply chain services, and, hence, advantage. Globalization has morphed into a digitally driven system, which is about to be overtaken by a fast-growing digital services market. Advisory Board Member, at The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS).

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Swissterminal AG, a Switzerland-based integrated logistics provider, and DP World have announced the introduction of a regular barge service from Basel-Kleinhüningen and Basel-Birsfelden to various deepsea terminals at the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 22, 2019

There are also reporting requirements for conflict minerals in the US and in the EU, California Transparency Act, the UK Modern Slavery Act, as well as similar laws being enacted or considered in Australia, Switzerland and elsewhere.

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Global Trade Management

JANUARY 29, 2014

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. Cubic Global Tracking Solutions and arviem AG Form Strategic Partnership for Global Cargo Monitoring Services. Subscribe To. Wednesday, 29 January 2014. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

JULY 26, 2017

The digital B2B marketplace for warehousing, Log-hub AG from Switzerland, and the Indian Supply Chain specialist 3SC are now collaborating on the Indian market. Both companies are technology based and offer advanced analytics based transportation and warehousing solutions.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 4, 2011

Being an avid fan of Mini and the previous owner of one of the first Mini Coopers in New York I went to my local dealership in Switzerland and purchased one a few months ago. Uh, I needed the four wheel drive in snowy Switzerland? About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 20, 2016

The premium conference will be translated into English simultaneously and takes place in Frankfurt at House of Logistics & Mobility. EXCHAiNGE is also the ideal platform for the presentation of the prestigious Supply Chain Management Award, which has honored outstanding solutions of industrial value chains in the past decade.

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Global Trade Management

JANUARY 26, 2014

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. Zug, 16 December 2013 - arviem, a Zug-based startup providing global cargo monitoring services, announces the successful closing of a CHF 1.35 Subscribe To. About arviem.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

For the past years Simonetta has been with Honeywell Transportation Systems, based in Rolle, Switzerland, as Head of Supply Chain then Vice-President of Operations. We aim to provide our customers with world class delivery service, reduce our costs and use our supply chain as showcase for sustainable manufacturing”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

An indication for this belief is the level of fundraising reached by digital players like Flock Freight, a trucking platform and project44, a supply chain visibility platform, which reached US$113.5 Also to note that some technological solutions failed us, as they never have been tested or trained in such a highly volatile environment.

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Global Trade Management

MAY 5, 2015

I am not talking about tracking services as you might know it from express parcel services. One platform, one dashboard Based in the heart of Switzerland arviem is about to be a melting pot for global cargo monitoring. As I wrote before, the arviem system is much more than a simple real time tracking service.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The technology has proved to be of particular value in in the pharmaceutical industry, where the slightest deviation in temperature can ruin an expensive shipment of drugs. The technology features chips that monitor temperature and humidity within a 500-meter range of an air-freight container.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

One year ago global technology company ABB launched the second stage of its Next Level Strategy. Its innovative technologies drive ships as well as electrical cars and e-buses. My job entails procurement as well as transportation and logistics. Sales and operations planning and material planning are run by a different function.

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