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http://bciglobal.com/en/sales-operations-planningCovid-19 has demonstrated the benefits of having stocks and surplus capacity available. Safety stocks and unused capacity in Lean Manufacturing are seen as waste, rather than a cost of doing business. Have supply chain professionals been overshooting in “leanification”?

Managing freight costs is key for Supply Chain and Logistics professionals. In addition, Covid-19 crisis makes companies even more aware that creating visibility and optionality in transport and logistics is a MUST! The BCI Transportation Monitor will assist you how to manage costs and provides five strategies how to create optionality and visibility in transport and logistics during Covid19 crisis and beyond.

Next to many unpleasant economic and supply chain effects of Covid-19 in all parts of the globe, another key effect of Covid-19 is an unprecedented global work-from-home strategy impacting all office-related operations of many different international organizations.

The Netherlands is a major gateway to the European market, even in these unprecedented times. For all major supply chain operations, a best-fitting logistics service provider can be found in the Netherlands. But where do you start in finding the right Dutch logistics service provider for your European distribution operations?

The European logistics real estate markets suffer from the impacts of Covid-19. In 9 important logistics real estate markets the take up in 2020 will be 32% less compared with 2019 if business returns to ‘normal’ as of October 1st. If the business circumstances are back to normal only as of January 1st, 2021 the total new take up will decrease with 46% compared with last year.

Two-thirds of Chinese manufacturers, (r)etailers and logistics services providers are already on 80% or more of their capacity. Nearly 60% of the manufacturing companies mention that their upstream supply chain (i.e. supply of components, sub-assemblies) has basically returned to normal; the same applies to 47% of logistics services providers.