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's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Joined November 2011
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Giving it a try on @bluesky. Using the same handle: proflog.bsky.social
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Evaluating how proximity to coworkers impacts software engineers' training and output as firms grapple with return-to-the-office policies, from @NataliaHEmanuel, @emma_k_h, and Amanda Pallais nber.org/papers/w31880
Chicago Is Losing Supermarkets. Does a Kansas Town Have the Answer?
#Retail wsj.com/articles/chicago-is-…
A battery supply chain that excludes china looks impossible
#supplychain #sourcing #resilience
economist.com/asia/2023/07/1…
Even for fairly simple products, deploying automation to make reshoring successful, is very hard. @StanleyBlkDeckr couldn't make it work and closes $90M factory in Texas.
"Why America’s Largest Tool Company Couldn’t Make a Wrench in America" wsj.com/articles/craftsman-a…
HIRING! Tilburg University is looking to hire three new colleagues in Operations Management/ Supply Chain Management! Please check out the vacancy here: tiu.nu/21780
#hiring #supplychainmanagement #TiU_SCM
Parcel locker in Germany. The red sticker: "Please pick up your parcel quickly" - an omen of the challenge that all parcel lockers face: clients delay too much their pickup.
The obvious countermeasure of charging a fee for late pickup leads to clients avoiding locker deliveries
The evidence is mounting that we need to see each other as colleagues regularly, in the office, in person. #WFH
economist.com/finance-and-ec…
Procent of 5 minder volume in supermarkt sinds de horeca en bedrijfskantines weer open zijn. Volume lag tijdens de covidsluitingen een procent of 7 hoger dan 2019. Langjarige volumegroei van cumulatief een procent of 2 lijkt gewoon weer terug op oude trendlijn. #geenpaniek
Winkels verkopen al een jaar lang minder spullen fd.nl/economie/1480818/winke…
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The Dutch city of Eindhoven is growing to accommodate a burgeoning tech-talent community.
Its growth is interwoven with a tech giant.
But such expansion comes at a cost, as Eindhoven is in need of additional housing — 62,000 homes over the next decade.
bit.ly/3PCBC80
Gaan de fietsers nu ook de laatste fietsvrije wandelpaden bevolken @MartineKamsma ? Te voet is de Val d'Orcia nog mooier en langzamer te doorkruisen.
Op een gravelbike, een racefiets met bredere banden en meer profiel, leer je op een andere manier een land kennen, ontdekt NRC-redacteur Martine Kamsma op fietsvakantie in Italië. „De haast valt vanzelf van je af.” nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/06/22/op-…
#MSC and #Maersk are spending the billions they earned during the pandemic in radically different ways: Maersk trying to do forward integration, MSC investing in more ocean capacity
"The #shipping rivals plotting divergent courses on global trade" on.ft.com/43XMjqi via @FT
Remember the container ship blocking the Suez Canal? Same thing happening now in the #PanamaCanal, but in slow motion. Could have severe effect on US #supplychains.
"An ‘unprecedented drought’ is affecting the Panama Canal. El Niño could make it worse."
cnn.com/2023/06/13/americas/…
Bouman legt de alternatieven naast elkaar: nasleep bullwhip of begin recessie. Ik denk dat we het binnen een paar maanden zullen weten: de voorraden naderen snel een punt waarin omkering trend zou moeten plaatsvinden.
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The price others pay for our next-day deliveries spectator.co.uk/article/the-… via @spectator and @PostalHubPod
Following Europe's Chip Act, a Critical Medicines Act could be next. Via @POLITICOEurope
#supplychain #security
politico.eu/article/china-ta…
Online-Only Startups’ Bold New Strategy: Opening Actual Shops wsj.com/articles/warby-parke…
#omnichannel #retail
Today giving a research seminar and meeting with faculty and students at @IEuniversity Business School. First set if meetings at the brand new vertical campus – at Madrid, Spain
Bedrijven blijven exponentiële groei in automatisering verwachten die reëel steeds weer lineair blijkt te zijn. Afgelopen 3 jaar 1 procentpunt erbij waar 9 werd verwacht.
"Automatisering nam afgelopen jaren nauwelijks toe ondanks krappe arbeidsmarkt" nos.nl/l/2473434
US manufacturing commitments double after Biden subsidies launched - on.ft.com/43FChKr via @FT