#7 of 7 articles about the electrification of goods transport Electric vehicles (EVs) in goods transport bring about economic benefits. “The idea of being green has not only a long term effect on tackling climate change but also a short term business reward as fuel cost accounts for 39% to 60% …
#7 of 7 articles about impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation The urgent to-do for leaders is to leverage the current crisis as a catalyst for innovation, digitization, and change – in business, government, and global governance. The most important to-do for operators is to learn from the crisis …
#6 of 7 articles about impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation Supply chains suffer from our decisions as citizens, consumers, businesspeople, and governments. Our decisions kept us at home driving peaks in online sales and deliveries to domiciles. Our decisions have closed critical infrastructure, which disrupted the flows of …
#5 of 7 articles about impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation Most of the innovations are product range enhancements and operational improvements driven by product development and operations teams. These process and incremental innovations are keeping a company abreast or ahead of competition. But true change is brought about …
#4 of 7 articles about impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation Over 25 years, I have been driving innovation projects. Set up multi-model ground services at Kuehne & Nagel in the 80s. The special services division at TNT in Germany. At DPD, I launched express services on the parcel …
#3 of 7 articles about impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation. Disruption makes champions. The most iconic unicorns have been created during a recession: Apple, WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft, Pinterest, General Motors, CNN, IBM, Uber, Groupon, Instagram, and more. Around one third of the 100 companies listed on the Forbes annual America’s Most Promising List were …
#2 of 7 articles about impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation In the short-term companies have no choice but to increase agility and adjust to the volatile environment. Adjusting requires throwing overboard what is not needed or not working. This can mean rationalization of stock keeping units (SKU) or the suspension …
#1 of 7 articles about the impacts of Covid-19 on supply chain innovation With the Covid-19 outbreak, the supply chain and logistics sector and its innovation became hot topics. Now we know, supply networks make our world. They are the backbone of our economy and society. The supply chain is …
Teil 2 einer Blog-Serie zur Sicherung unserer Zukunft Der Klimawandel ist eine der drängendsten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Beschaffung, Produktion, Logistik und Handel sind gleichermaßen gefordert, zur Erreichung der Klimaziele beizutragen. Angesichts des Ziels der Bundesregierung zur Dekarbonisierung bis zum Jahr 2050 bedeutet dies signifikante Reduzierungen der Treibhausgasemissionen in den einzelnen …
Teil 1 einer Blog-Serie zur Sicherung unserer Zukunft Generell lässt sich die Frage nach dem Stand der Klimabewegung in Beschaffung, Produktion, Logistik und im Handel schnell beantworten: Sie steckt in ihren Anfängen. Und dies, obwohl das Problem seit mehr als 50 Jahren bekannt ist und seit Jahren beispielsweise über Green …