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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. Other solutions, like click-and-collect, are intended to shift part of the delivery weight back to customers. The GlobalTranz staff notes, “Urban delivery may be difficult with navigating traffic and parking regulations.”

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. Other solutions, like click-and-collect, are intended to shift part of the delivery weight back to customers. The GlobalTranz staff notes, “Urban delivery may be difficult with navigating traffic and parking regulations.”

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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The International Post Corporation (IPC), found 44% of online shoppers have changed their purchasing behaviour to be more sustainable. A good starting point is minimising packaging and choosing environmentally friendly materials for parcels, labels and void fill. CARBON CALCULATION TOOLS FOR E-COMMERCE PARCELS. About the Author.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1).

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Marion Kohlmeier: ‘Expansion in our global footprint has been a big step’

Supply Chain Movement

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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How Ridgeline Discovery Reduced Invoice Processing Time by 90% in a Month

Precoro

Company: Ridgeline Discovery Location: Switzerland Industry: Biotechnology Website: [link] Using Precoro since: January 2021 Users: 32 Client's evaluation: 8/10 Featuring: Andrew Jefferson, Chief Operating Officer, and Isabel Göller, Finance Manager Introducing Ridgeline Discovery. Ridgeline's Initial Procurement Process.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2023 and Enhancements for QAD Adaptive Applications

QAD

We are thrilled to announce the release of QAD Adaptive ERP 2023, the latest version of QAD’s next-generation ERP solution that includes the QAD Enterprise Platform. Furthermore, we are proud to reveal updates to our QAD Adaptive Applications solution portfolio.