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E-commerce: finding the right balance for your safety stock
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Unfulfilled orders due to temporary stock shortages can have a negative impact on any e-Commerce company's reputation. Not having sufficient products available for dispatch can lead to dissatisfaction among customers, who will choose a competitor for their future purchases... and perhaps create a poor impression of your company.
To avoid such product shortages, you need to hav...
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Paola
Verhulsel
Logistics Engineer for GEODIS Contract Logistics
Paola VERHULSEL is a Logistics Engineer for the GEODIS Contract Logistics business line in Europe. She is responsible for carrying out technical studies for RFQs, or for re-designing exi...
Unleash your business growth by shifting to digital customs
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Customs clearance: a growing challenge
Nowadays, import and export-businesses face unprecedented supply chain disruptions because of economic and political changes. In an increasingly unstable world, supply chain management and customs compliance have become more paramount than ever.
More and more businesses struggle to deal with fast-changing customs regulatory requirements....
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Florence
Molinari
Senior Vice president, Global Customs Brokerage Product
Florence Molinari is currently Senior Vice President for the Global Customs Brokerage Product at GEODIS Freight Forwarding. She has more than +25 years of experience in global l...
The Online Marketplace: Staying Ahead of the Game
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The Online Marketplace: Staying Ahead of the Game
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Online Marketplace customers now have especially demanding requirements in terms of choice and delivery speed, which means you need to be able to promise the right assortment at the right time, every time. And the COVID crisis has made it very difficult to achieve these objectives as the demand for transportation and warehousing skyrockets. In this article, we are going to explo...
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Jason
Denne
Global Account Manager, Online Marketplaces
Jason has been in Senior Management positions in Global Logistics for more than 25 years and has significant experience in designing, implementing and managing Global Supply Chains that deliver a...
How and why do we establish and implement a multimodal transport plan?
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Facilitating transactions worldwide while limiting your greenhouse gas emissions; this is made possible through multimodal transport.
Combining at least two modes of transport (rail, road, inland waterways or ocean transport, etc.), from the initial loading of the production units up to delivery, enables goods to be transported over long distances and to increase local site del...
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Marc
Vollet
Director of Operational Excellence
Marc Vollet is Director of Operational Excellence for the Road Transport business line of GEODIS. He is in charge of all operations, with the main objective of greening transport plans through multimodal...
Automotive: 4 solutions for making your supply chain more flexible
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Automotive: 4 solutions for making your supply chain more flexible
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In 2017, the automotive market grew for the fourth year in a row to reach 97.3 million vehicles (+ 2.4% vs. 2016). This trend vindicates the decision of car manufacturers who chose to partially or totally outsource their supply chain. Changes in market size, the acceleration of vehicle launches and the arrival of new technologies are all real challenges. How can we use logistics...
How do you optimize the medicines supply chain to prevent shortages?
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The 1980s saw the globalization of supply chains and, with it, the large-scale outsourcing of production to low- and middle-income countries with lower cost labor. Pharmaceutical companies were caught up in this trend, with the main aim being to minimize costs. However, by relocating the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines, they exposed themselves to ma...
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David
Frouin
GEODIS Healthcare Market Director
David has been leading supply chain business development and global account management teams in the FMCG, Healthcare and Pharma fields for 20 years. With his expertise in complex and innovative solutions ...
Reducing the environmental footprint of ocean freight
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International trade could not exist without ocean freight services. From clothing to foodstuffs and other goods, no less than 90% of the world's traded goods cross our oceans.
However, despite the logistics sector’s efforts, this mode of transport still causes pollution, in terms of atmospheric and water contamination. There are somewhat fewer initiatives to reduce CO2 emission...
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Florence
Gautrais
GEODIS Global Ocean freight director
Florence has been a top executive in the domain of Ocean freight and freight forwarding solutions for more than 20 years. She manages Ocean freight products and innovative door-to-door collaborati...
Do you have the right inventory in the right place at the right time?
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Do you have the right inventory in the right place at the right time?
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luxury clothes supply chain
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GEODIS engineered an efficient logistics network for a leading global manufacturer of luxury apparel in APAC, the Americas and Europe.
GEODIS has helped to fulfill the ambition of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of luxury apparel. The international retailer was facing the challenge of having the right inventory in the right place at the right time.
With the r...
Avoiding the Marketplace Gamble: e-Logistics and Readymade Fulfillment
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Avoiding the Marketplace Gamble: e-Logistics and Readymade Fulfillment
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Brands operating online strive to create high-quality, personalized customer experiences. The quality of those experiences effectively represents the brand: low-friction, pleasant, reliable, and informative experiences make customers enjoy interacting with the vendor and keep them coming back for more of the same.
Online experiences comprise of two areas of interac...
How to build a flexible supply chain that is resilient to change?
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Predictability and reliability in global logistics are increasingly under pressure. As supply chains are becoming longer and more complex, the likelihood of disruptions and delays is increasing. And those disruptions and delays can have major impacts on businesses, from huge financial losses to reputation damage. This article discusses some of the major challenges in logistics t...
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Joe
Fordney
Senior Vice President – Global Business Development
Joe has been solving supply chain problems for over 23 years. His experience is global having worked on three continents supporting customers across every vertical market. His background ...