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Customers are Suppliers
How many of your customers are also your suppliers? And what happens to the products you get back? That’s the... Lees meer
Shared Goals?
Are your suppliers’ suppliers aware of your goals? You share your goals with your direct suppliers. You give them your... Lees meer
The Beer Game
The Beer Distribution Game was invented in the sixties. It shows how limited information and uncoordinated decisions create misalignment and... Lees meer
Choosing Beyond Cost
Machine builder – what do you really base your supplier selection on? Quality, reliability, cost, capacity, compliance? Probably in that... Lees meer
Data Over AI
Why rely on AI in your supply chain when the data already exists? We have access to enormous amounts of... Lees meer
The Two Data Foundations
Item Data and Business Partner Data: the master data of your supply chain. Everything shared across the chain is built... Lees meer
Turning Goals Real
Sustainability goals aren’t meant for paper – they’re meant to be achieved. Nearly every machine builder in the Netherlands has... Lees meer
Downstream Matters Most
Downstream sustainability – the forgotten part of the chain In machine building, the key to real sustainability isn’t only how... Lees meer
Single Source of Truth
Machine builders – how often do you share the same item information with different suppliers? And how often does it... Lees meer
Leadership Steps Up
While Brussels lowers the bar on sustainability, CEOs around the world are raising it. This week, the EU decided to... Lees meer
Fix the Disconnect
Even the strongest machines fail when information flow breaks. That’s the hidden weakness in today’s manufacturing ecosystem. In machine building, OEMs, Tier 1, and Tier 2+ suppliers depend on each other more than ever, yet information still moves slower than parts. 📉 Fragmented data. 📉 Reluctance to share. 📉 No... Lees meer
388,555,000 yearly supply‑chain data elements
A machine builder processes roughly 388,555,000 supply‑chain data elements every year. Still feel like you’ve got that under control? As... Lees meer