Tackling supply chain friction to achieve high-velocity supply chain operations

Companies across the supply chain have been laser-focused on improving visibility and increasing efficiency to lower costs and improve customer experience in recent years. In the process, all of these companies have come up against a familiar foe: friction.

“At a high-level, you can think of friction as the aspects of supply chain operations that slow us down, create delays and result in human error,” project44 Senior Director of Product Marketing Eric Fullerton said. “It’s all the elements that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tackling-supply-chain-friction-to-achieve-high-velocity-supply-chain-operations

194 Kate D Adamson, Blue Futurist, Futurenautics

The Blue Economy  
Part 2 of my conversation with Kate D Adamson focuses on what ESG means for the shipping and maritime industry. 

We need to start talking about the Blue Economy and what opportunities lay there instead of the segments of everything like we do today. Once we change our mindset, that’s when we can become a sustainable industry.

Kate underlines that we need to pivot. We do that by

  • Purpose/Values
  • Interdependence
  • Openness
  • Trust

There are so many titbits in this episode. It’s worth...

https://shippingpodcast.com/194-kate-d-adamson-blue-futurist-futurenautics/

UK companies remain positive despite supply chain concerns

In a report conducted by HSBC tohe company reports that over two thirds of UK companies are maintaining positivity when it comes to international trade for the next two years, despite the challenges faced due to COVID-19.

The bank’s latest ‘HSBC Navigator’ report surveyed over 10,000 companies in 39 markets. Of those 10,000, 1,000 were from the UK.

https://www.supplychaindigital.com/technology/uk-companies-remain-positive-despite-supply-chain-concerns

143 Henrik Hvid Jensen, IT architect, Trustworks A/S

In episode 143 we meet Henrik Hvid Jensen, IT architect, Trustworks A/S, the expert in digitalised trade, who is one of the brains behind TradeLens, an interconnected ecosystem of supply chain partners — cargo owners, ocean and inland carriers, freight forwarders and logistics providers, ports and every entity involved in global trade with digital tools.

Henrik is passionate about getting the entire logistical chain digital since he can see so many benefits from that, he speaks about hidden...

https://shippingpodcast.com/143-henrik-hvid-jensen-it-architect-trustworks-a-s/

Nicola Good, Head of Brand and External Relations, Marine & Offshore, Lloyd’s Register

Nicola Good, a maritime communicator, used to work as a maritime journalist for some 20 years but have now swopped to be the Head of Brand and External Relations at Lloyd’s Register Marine & Offshore department. What is the difference?

How do we become more visible to the general public, how many times have you heard me put that question to my guest? A hundred? Well, Nicola is actually able to give some good advice and she is also coming up with some explanations on why we are stuck where we...

https://shippingpodcast.com/nicola-good-head-of-brand-and-external-relations-marine-offshore-lloyds-register/

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