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Germany Raises the Stakes on Corporate Social Responsibility with Supply Chain Due Diligence

Logility

Beginning on January 1, 2023, Germany’s Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act) will come into effect, taking aim at social and environmental issues arising in global supply chains. How Will the Act Impact Your Supply Chain?

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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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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6 The US, Norway, and Britain joined forces with companies including Amazon and Nestle to launch a project aimed at protecting the world’s tropical forests. Truck driving shortage impacting cost of goods.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Can you identify all your suppliers in the supply chain? A recent Quality Digest article suggested that “ethical supply chain management is being fueled by consumer demand, profitability, and visibility. Can Your Business Answer These Questions Around ESG Issues and CSR? and across Europe.

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Løvenskiold Handel Chooses RELEX to Boost Profits And Cut Costs

RELEX Solutions

Løvenskiold Handel is looking to RELEX Solutions’s technology and expertise to strengthen its supply chain planning and management. Løvenskiold Handel operates one of Norway’s leading building and DIY retailers and offers customers a wide range of construction supplies through its nationwide Maxbo-branded stores.

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Arvid Nilsson Puts its Customers at the Heart of its Supply Chain Planning

RELEX Solutions

Nordic hardware wholesaler has selected RELEX Solutions to streamline its business and improve its supply chain planning processes. Arvid Nilsson has long been focusing on strengthening its customer centricity and to achieve that goal, the company needed to improve its supply chain planning processes.

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Case Kolonial.no: Winning at Fresh Food Etail

RELEX Solutions

is the largest online fresh food retailer in Norway and the fastest growing company in the sector in the Nordic region. The tool had stood the business in good position as it grew but started to struggle as the complexity of its operations increased. – Simon Svensson, Purchaser, Kolonial.no. Kolonial.no Kolonial.no

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