Safety in Logistics Operations

whitePaper | October 11, 2022

Outsourcing has traditionally been viewed in the medical space as a potential risk, with many companies preferring to control every aspect of the critical product build themselves. But today, supply chain resilience – a built-in benefit to partnering strategically with a leader in global manufacturing – may actually be the safer, more reliable, approach. A powerful example of this new perspective on outsourcing can be found in Flex’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

whitePaper | January 5, 2023

The logistics industry is currently facing challenges from multiple sides: on the one hand, the demand for logistics is steadily increasing due to e-commerce and globalization, but on the other hand, there is a lack of skilled workers in the form of truck drivers who can handle this demand. In Europe alone, over 380,000 truck driver job postings were unfilled in 2021.1 This significant shortage is exacerbated by increasing labor expenses, which aggravate the cost pressure already caused by rising fuel prices

whitePaper | March 8, 2022

The Software Supply Chain suffers from a noxious condition that leads to an absolute lack of transparency. While the hardware world would have never developed without standardized product composition information exchange across suppliers, somehow the Software industry made it to this point without such standards. Needless to say, we are paying the consequences of this shortcoming. The worst part of the recent LOG4J vulnerability was not the exploit itself, but the absolute lack of visibility on which products and services it affected.

whitePaper | October 26, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic was a test of supply chain resiliency and most organizations fell short. Before COVID-19, global supply chains ticked a lot of boxes: lower labor and operating costs, wider product ranges and greater reach to new markets. But the vulnerabilities and visible failures of global supply chains during COVID-19 were there for all to see. Lead times expanded exponentially. Manufacturing capacity stalled. Ports became congested. Transportation ground to a halt. Excessive reliance on one location or one supplier caused a domino effect of expensive downtime along the line

whitePaper | November 7, 2022

Transportation is at the centre of major supply chain crises. Transportation has recently been affected by factors such as a lack of truck drivers, lack of container capacity and associated price hikes, disruptions caused by incidents in the Suez canal, ports closed due to public health measures, and borders closing as a consequence of (trade) wars and Brexit.

whitePaper | February 1, 2022

It’s probably too strong to say the logo on the side of the truck is now more important than the logo on the side of the box. But it’s certainly not overstating things to say that consumers demand fast, reliable, free (in many cases) shipping, with easily accessible updates. In one 2021 survey, 47% of consumers said they would consider abandoning a retailer after a single bad shipping experience.