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ASCM Connect Brussels

Logistics Business Magazine

The two-day event taking place June 4-5 in Brussels will feature 40 expert speakers plus two keynotes, 24 educational sessions, seven connection cafes and four panel discussions. Throughout the event, attendees will have a variety of opportunities to connect with other industry leaders from around the world.

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Is It Time to Move Beyond the Traditional Approach to IBP?

Logistics Viewpoints

Event-driven IBP – technological capabilities to monitor internal and external events (Supply Chain Control Tower) in real time. Contextualize and quantify event impact and be able to trigger re-plan in an integrated supply chain planning solution to create an executable and feasible plan.

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A Better Way to Think About Integrated Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

And agility is about reacting quickly and hopefully effectively to the actual disruptive event. But the event might not be disruptive at all if you had planned for it. One week, the model may show the capacity of an upstream node as being 200 units, the next week it can show 700 units.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

This requires complete transparency across all steps and events along the entire supply chain. An operation that is optimizing the real time flow of goods is also well-positioned to manage unexpected events. Look at the big picture. The only solution is to boost efficiency by optimizing processes for the long term.

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Locus Listed as Representative Vendor in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools

Locus

There is also the question of rising uncertainty caused by unpredictable events on supply chain performance. Location intelligence – Provides the accurate placement of supply chain nodes, warehouses, and distribution hubs. This makes robustness and flexibility for supply chains non-negotiable in today’s times.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

Fluctuations in oil prices and oil supply disruptions are majorly caused by political events, supply pipeline issues or weather problems. Being an unanticipated event, they found it very difficult to find alternate suppliers for their products. Determine the ideal number of nodes and warehouse service level.

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GreyOrange forms UK partnership with Logistex

Logistics Business Magazine

GreyMatter rapidly responds to real-time exceptions and events, prescribes actions, and orchestrates integrated and frictionless performance across every fulfilment node. The result is a fast, agile and precisely tuned operation equipped to perpetually meet the what-when-where expectations of every growing marketplace.