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Supply Chain Predictions 2020: Uncertainty Demands Resilience

ToolsGroup

It’s been an interesting decade for supply chain: just when you think things can’t get any crazier, a new extreme weather event, political drama or tech start-up pops up, disrupting entire industries. A major theme at the recent Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit was that corporate winners accelerate through economic turns.

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A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption

ToolsGroup

It’s human nature to miscalculate how best to respond to supply chain disruptions–either over- or under-steering in anticipation of a crisis. Optimists often delay preparing for supply chain disruption for fear that contingency actions lead to self-fulfilling prophecies. How to respond to supply chain disruptions.

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Sharing Dutch supply chain knowledge in Turkey

Supply Chain Movement

The third International Supply Chain Summit Istanbul revolved around the theme of supply chain collaboration and building bridges between Europe and Asia. With 80 million inhabitants and strategically located, Turkey is regarded as a very interesting market by the organising partners. Cultural differences.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Very positively, these topics have not only been discussed at COP26 but multiple initiatives were launched with some of them having the potential to significantly contribute to decarbonizing the global supply chain network. Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles.

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Sharing Dutch supply chain knowledge in Turkey. Acquisition of GT Nexus Underlines Infor’s Focus on Supply Chain. Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes. Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes.

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Supply Chain Movement Q3: Control Tower

Supply Chain Movement

Speaking from Seed Valley in the Netherlands, Global Head of Supply across Syngenta, Scott Kuhn, describes some of the challenges in evolving to a more customer-focused operating model. It is crucial to find the best route to the top, translated into effective supply chains and communicated throughout the entire organisation.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

The supply chain software industry is in a considerable state of flux. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise. Netherlands. Netherlands Antilles.