Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Some more aggressively and some more cautiously,” said Daniel Ervér, the chief executive of the Sweden-based company, one of the world’s biggest fashion retailers. Clothing Prices Up Photo: iStock.com/Artur Bogacki June 26, 2025 SupplyChainBrain The price of clothing is beginning to rise in the U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). In Sweden, there are initiatives such as I.Hamn and SARGASSO. Part 1–Defining the moment. Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Mikael Lind is the world’s first Professor of Maritime Informatics and is engaged at Chalmers, Sweden, and is also Senior Strategic Research Advisor at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Part 2–Defining the execution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

Volvo’s POD in Sweden is a great example. All of these come together in some way with autonomous transportation options. These will most likely show up first in contained environments such as yard management – possibly augmented by some human oversight. So when we talk a lot about Industry 4.0

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 11, 2024

With approximately 340 brick-and-mortar stores and a bustling ecommerce site, the retailer offers responsibly-produced, everyday fashion to customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, and the UK. Kappahl is a leading retail chain across Northern Europe. See the growing list of analyst accolades and customer recognition awards HERE.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 7, 2016

However, over the last decade, Carlsberg , one of the world’s largest brewing companies, improved warehouse productivity and efficiency at its production and storage facility in Falkenberg, Sweden, by phasing in fully automated full-pallet processes alongside manual picking and consolidation of mixed and part-pallet orders.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 18, 2023

With offices in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, Optilon helps their customers leverage resources where they generate the most value. Optilon was founded in 2005 and is today active throughout the Nordic region with offices in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

We have heard similar stories in Sweden and the U.S. Like Sweden, they are already starting to recognize there is a significant hole in their management of imports and are putting effort into policies, practices and technology that helps to ensure they are getting all of their money.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

Opinion Editorial by Wolfgang Lehmacher , Anchor Group, and Mikael Lind , Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Chalmers University of Technology. Mikael Lind is the world’s first Professor of Maritime Informatics and is engaged at Chalmers, Sweden, and is also Senior Strategic Research Advisor at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE).

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

APRIL 26, 2017

MediaMarkt Sweden has selected Relex to automate and optimise its supply chain. Relex, whose retail planning solutions have delivered impressive results for customers worldwide, will replace the retailer's largely manual supply chain management processes.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 5, 2014

Sweden has always encouraged innovation. It has produced 31 Nobel laureates, holds the highest number of patents per capita and is where 20 elements in the periodic table were discovered. In other words, it’s the perfect place for one of Quintiq’s two offices in the Nordics region.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

That streak came to an end in its first match, a 3-0 loss to Sweden, which happened to be the last team to defeat the US. For the US Women’s National Soccer Team, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were supposed to be another Gold Medal event, as it entered with a 44-match unbeaten streak.

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ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2021

Ivalua was honoured to provide some commentary on the survey results during a webinar with PWC in Sweden, as the 2020 survey is even more fascinating. PWC has been publishing the annual procurement survey since 2015, capturing many of the trends in procurement that we now see in organisations, such as the focus on supplier risk management.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Optilon was founded in 2005 and is today active throughout the Nordic region with offices in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. It’s a company founded by engineers, that combines world-leading technology with Nordic expertise in Supply Chain. Since the beginning, Optilon has completed over 500 projects, and currently employ close to 50 people.?

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RELEX Solutions

APRIL 25, 2017

MediaMarkt Sweden has selected RELEX to automate and optimize its supply chain. MediaMarkt operates 27 stores as well as one online store in Sweden and is part of Europe’s leading home electronics retailer, the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, which has over 1,000 stores in 15 countries. About MediaMarkt. The group was founded in 1979.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

In addition to warehouse management solutions, software vendor Consafe Logistics has been providing customers in its domestic market of Sweden with manufacturing execution solutions for many years, and is now supplying these internationally too.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The logistics and automation business includes CIMCORP of Finland and AGVE of Sweden. The former Consoveyo is a system integrator for warehouse automation projects and a supplier of automated conveyor and storage systems. MURATA MACHINERY is a privately-held industrial manufacturing and services company.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 14, 2019

That’s also allowing Absolut to keep its production, from sourcing materials to distilling and bottling, anchored in a small corner of southern Sweden.”

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At Kronans , a large pharmacy chain in Sweden, each local pharmacy manager was manually setting order parameters for every item , a time-consuming process that led to sub-optimal inventory levels. We improved availability by 3-4 points, and achieved the 97% service level goal expected in our industry.

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 8, 2019

ICA Sweden, Sweden’s leading grocery retailer, is optimizing its supply chain processes with the help of retail planning expert RELEX Solutions by making its forecasting and replenishment more proactive. ICA Sweden has a really skilled supply chain team,” says Matilda Arnell, Project Manager at RELEX Solutions.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 7, 2021

Journalist Dev Kundaliya reports, “Coop, one of Sweden’s largest grocery chains, was forced to temporarily closed almost all of its nearly 800 stores after the attack. .” Although the attack appeared to take advantage of an American holiday weekend, companies around the world were affected.

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 16, 2018

System Uses Powered Track that Charges Cars and Trucks as They Travel, with Goal to Convert all 20,000 Kilometers of the Major Highways in Sweden

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 9, 2020

But even the first IKEA store in Älmhult in Sweden included a restaurant. People came from all over Sweden to visit the store and eventually got hungry. Can you discuss the evolution of IKEA Food, your mission and how you have become one of the world’s largest food retailers? Lars: Most people think of IKEA as a home furnishing brand.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Opinion Editorial by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Operating Partner at Anchor Group and Mikael Lind, Senior Strategic Research Advisor at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Anders Remneback, Product Manager, Optilon AB (Stockholm, Sweden). With supply chain digitization offering greater visibility and foundation for decision making, it has become much easier for company leaders to make smart tradeoffs and act decisively. Spreadsheets will start being consigned to the “supply chain museum”.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Uber pilots on-demand product delivery in Sweden — powered by its new API ( VentureBeat ). Lots of news to cover today, so let’s go right to it. Whole Foods Market and Instacart partner to offer one-hour delivery across 15 major U.S. Roadnet Transportation Suite 3.6.7

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Victor Surpaceanu, Sweden I love reading “The Rainbow Fish” to my children. Now when I look back, I still find it fascinating how these stories have come to be and how they define the local culture. – Leslie Kivioja, Sweden To lose yourself in a book is a great way to unwind and escape.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Fika (Sweden): Fika is a Swedish tradition of taking a break to enjoy coffee or tea along with a pastry. Some of the cultural approaches I came across are described below: Wabi-Sabi (Japan): Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic that embraces the beauty of imperfection and transience.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

For instance, in a recent application that involved temperature and ice cream, a consumer goods company deployed machine learning to develop a model for five European countries: Germany, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 26, 2016

Q: Sweden is a long country and the seasons don’t start at the same time, how will the system know when allergy season starts in different parts of the country? Some examples: Q: If a customer asks for a product that we don’t have, how will the system know that there is a demand?

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Kinaxis

APRIL 15, 2016

As reported by The Guardian a number of European truck manufactures recently collaborated on creating a convoy of more than six semi-autonomous (semi-autonomous because there was still a back-up human driver) trucks that drove from Sweden and south Germany to a port in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights recent developments involving Tesla’s Germany and Sweden operational workers in efforts to seek a labor union voice. Audi, Volkswagen and Ford. The global automaker who operates non-unionized facilities across the U.S. Stay tuned.

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RELEX Solutions

OCTOBER 16, 2018

cik and Santiago Gomez, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. 2015 Catarina Svensson and Anna Johansson, Linköping University, Sweden Improving efficiency of store logistics – A case study based on a retail company Read more about the winners of the 2015 award. Aleksandra Koro?cik

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RELEX Solutions

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Aleksandra Korościk and Santiago Gomez, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. Catarina Svensson and Anna Johansson, Linköping University, Sweden. Richard Lämsä and Sebastian Mattson, Lund University, Sweden. Improvement of store operations in the fast fashion industry.

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Europe Sweden Supply Chain Planning Retail 52

Oracle SCM

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In April, a convoy of semi-automated smart trucks completed their first European cross-border trip, journeying from Sweden and southern Germany and ending in Rotterdam. This convoy consisted of a dozen self-driving trucks made by six of Europe’s largest manufacturers including DAF, Daimler, Iveco, MAN, Scania and Volvo.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2016

billion tons of oil in 2011, worth approximately $743 billion. Using IoT Tech to Make us More Fuel Efficient. The transportation of goods is one of the greatest contributors to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

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RELEX Solutions

JUNE 28, 2019

cik and Santiago Gomez, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Improvement of store operations in the fast fashion industry Read more about the winners of the 2016 award. Previous winners. 2016 Aleksandra Koro?cik

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