Trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. That’s what this blog is all bout. Therefore I bring you an overview of my highlights of the news this week on logistics start-ups and innovations below. Follow @LogisticsMatter on Twitter to stay up to...
Trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. That’s what this blog is all bout. Therefore I bring you an overview of my highlights of the news this week on logistics start-ups and innovations below. Follow @LogisticsMatter on Twitter to stay up to...
Trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. That’s what this blog is all bout. Therefore I bring you an overview of my highlights of the news this week on logistics start-ups and innovations below. Follow @LogisticsMatter on Twitter to stay up to date with...
Trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. That’s what this blog is all bout. Therefore I bring you an overview of my highlights of the news this week on logistics start-ups and innovations below. Follow @LogisticsMatter on Twitter to stay up to date with...
Supply chains are as global as they are ever going to be, and unless we start trading with other planets, they are not going to get much more complex. The larger and more complex a supply chain, the more can go wrong. But then again, in a very small and simple supply...
With the Netherlands still in a lockdown, I have been working at home all week. I was getting tired of it, but this was a week of snow and it is ending with a few days of sunshine. Great to be working from home after all! Instead of being in traffic, I get to take...
Yes. Logistics is Inefficient In some respects logistics is one of the most inefficient activities in the world. There. I said it. And yes, there is also a lot of efficiency, but not when it comes to assets. Warehouses are built, bought, and leased based on peak level...
The New Economy is a Circular Economy For those not familiar with the term Circular Economy, let's start with a definition. According to Wikipedia: A circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are...
The Dutch Start-up space is booming. We have been a seafaring and trading nation for a long time, so it's no wonder that there is a lot of innovation in the logistics space. I recently came across another great addition to the growing group of Dutch logistics...
Last week Belgian Postal Company bpost launched bringr, which they themselves call an innovative, collaborative platform app. Consumers and companies alike can use the smartphone app to find a driver for delivering their goods. These drivers are not working for a...
There's someone at the door with a delivery, but soon, that will change, at least that is what two Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, envision with their startup Starship. And most of you probably expect that they want you to look up for your delivery,...
I can hear most of my non-Dutch readers think: Sji-what?? Sjipit. It's Ship It written phonetically in Dutch. It may be the first time you hear about it, so let me start with how I first heard about it. I love LinkedIn and browse my timeline multiple times a day....
In January, I wrote about Uber's first steps in the Logistics arena with its launch of UberCARGO in Hong Kong. According to a recent article on re/code, Uber will launch a new service this fall, for which the name is not known yet. Uber is moving into...
