CASE STUDY: How Saft SAS deployed sofco Supply Planning
Saft SAS has gone live with sofco Supply Planning at their first two sites, nine months after selecting sofco to power their Planning Project – This is how they did it… Saft specialises in advanced technology battery solutions for industry, from the design and development to the production, customisation and service provision. For 100 years, […]
Efficient and eco-friendly packaging: Minimising its environmental impact is a perennial focus for Internet Fusion Group
Fast and automated, customised packaging is reaping big rewards for environmentally conscious outdoor-pursuits specialist retailer, Internet Fusion Group… Internet Fusion Group is a fast-expanding online retail business with a portfolio of niche brands specialising in life-style apparel and products. Established in 2006, the business has quickly grown through acquisition, retaining the skills and knowledge unique to […]
Packaging by Quadient – intelligent auto-packing systems for high-performance e-commerce
Packaging by Quadient – formerly Neopost – provides innovative automated packaging solutions that intelligently pack ecommerce orders into smart, fit-to-size cardboard packages – optimising at speed all steps of the package sizing, formation, sealing and labelling process. With over a decade of experience in the automated packaging industry, Packaging by Quadient is dedicated to eliminating excessive packaging […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: QAD DynaSys Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
Today, manufacturing companies operate in a new world; constant changes in geopolitics, the exponential speed of innovation and the digitization of everything. Customers are more demanding and less committed. Supply chains are no longer chains but a network of opportunistic demand, supply, and capacity entities. This has led to many companies struggling with a clear […]
sofco Supply Planning – Integrated Supply Chain Planning platform to maximise the returns from Assets & Investments
Nowadays supply chain networks are becoming ever more complex with many organisations turning to outsourcing and delocalisation and with increased distances between production and consumer locations. It is vital to have the best level of alignment both horizontally and vertically to ensure the planning decisions made offer the very best solutions for the business and their […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Sofco End-to-End Planning Solutions
sofco is a leading provider of integrated and collaborative End-to-End Planning Solutions for the Consumer Goods and Manufacturing sectors. Comprised of the existing management core and industry-experienced consultants and technical specialists, the team at sofco were an integral part of TXT Perform. Collectively, we continue to bring deep domain knowledge of the supply chain market […]
Women in STEM: Empowerment in employment
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sectors are largely occupied by men. The number of women in these industries is particularly low — findings from 2017 reported that only 23 per cent of STEM employees are women. This is undoubtedly low, however is 105,470 higher than rates in 2016. Attitudes appear to be changing towards […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Elanders E2E solutions
Elanders offers global E2E solutions in supply chain management. Elanders can take an overall responsibility for complex and global deliveries encompassing procurement, transportation, warehousing, configuration, production, pick/pack and distribution. Our offer also includes e-commerce services, order management, payment solutions and after sales services for our clients. Elanders business concept is to be a global, strategic and […]
Tackling the changing nature of retail with a well-prepared supply chain
By Ian Stone, CEO, Vuealta Debenhams, House of Fraser, Arcadia – these are just a handful of once-reliable High Street retailers and brand groups who now find themselves battling for their place on Britain’s high streets. With shops closing at a rate of 14 a day, traditional high-street players are now facing unprecedented levels of competition […]
Living the dream: How changing your pallet choice could save money AND the environment
By Pallite Transit packaging that does the job you need it to do while saving you money and safeguarding the environment may sound like a dream that’s too good to be true, but one company has had more success than most turning that dream into a reality. PALLITE’s lightweight yet strong, paper-based packaging products – […]