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Sustainable Transformation in Ocean Shipping
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Insetting of sustainable marine fuel is a powerful tool to help companies reduce emissions from marine freight. To contribute to realize the climate goals of Grundfos, and of other pioneers in sustainable transportation, GEODIS has partnered up with GoodShipping to offer a sustainable fuel insetting services. Insetting refers to engaging in decarbonization projects within the va...
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Alexander
Höglund
Senior Environmental Advisor // Head of Sustainable Fuels
Alexander Höglund is a senior expert on sustainable transformation in the logistics sector. His duties range from sustainable strategies, energy transformation, data analysis...
Recruiting Young Talents
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There is a widespread view that, in the digital age, successful companies are those that manage to leverage the right technologies. Yet there is a second secret to their success: people.
Employers know that at the end of the day, human capital drives growth and innovation just as much as technology. When it comes to the ability to adapt to disruptive change, the human factor is...
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Audrey
Lemaître
Talent Acquisition & Diversity Manager
Audrey has been in HR development position for 12 years and has significant experience in change management and HR projects. Prior to joining GEODIS, Audrey spent 5 years as Generalist HR with...
Strengthening the resilience of pharmaceutical supply chains
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In our previous article, we detailed the specific challenges of pharmaceutical cold chain management, linked in particular to temperature control. Maintaining the cold chain, in line with existing regulations, calls for investment in temperature-controlled infrastructures, specially equipped vehicles and traceability tools.
The pandemic – which has served to amplify existing tr...
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David
Frouin
Vice President Vertical Market Healthcare - GEODIS
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 inno...
How to attract and retain talent with CSR
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While corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been talked about since the 1950s, it has taken on a whole new dimension in recent years due to the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. With companies now aware of the interdependent relationship they have with society, they must align their growth ambitions with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
The war for...
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Audrey
Lemaître
Talent Acquisition & Diversity Manager
Audrey has been in HR development position for 12 years and has significant experience in change management and HR projects. Prior to joining GEODIS, Audrey spent 5 years as Generalist HR wit...
Switching to a 3PL & investing in warehouse automation
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Rather than take on the initial costs and ongoing risks of setting up your warehouse automation systems, you may want to consider moving them elsewhere. As part of their end-to-end services, third-party logistics (3PL) providers can invest in automation technologies on your behalf. This significantly reduces costs and risks, making for a more attractive business case.
The 3P...
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Logistics Solution Design Engineer: designing world class logistics systems around the world
As a Logistics Solution Designer, you are an engineer whose main objective is to develop innovative and realistic logistics solutions that meet the customer’s requirements in terms of cost and performance. These solutions comprise of warehouse layout, labor planning and material handling requirements, incl. automated material handling and robotics.
Logistics solution design – from creation to imp...
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...
Solution Center Manager: ensuring perfect results for the customer and GEODIS
Within this information systems department, the IT solutions center’s mission is to develop solutions to meet the needs expressed by operational teams with due respect for timelines and budgets. Its activity rests on three pillars: a projects activity for formulating responses to invitations to bid and deploying solutions, an application management activity and a support activity (user support, af...
Hazmat transportation: driver training makes all the difference
Hazmat planning and experience are key
That is why, when it comes to carrying hazardous materials, every aspect of the delivery has to be planned even more carefully. For overland transport, this means choosing the best routes and delivery sectors according to a number of additional factors that depend on the kind of material that is to be transported. Although not mandatory, hazmat drivers usual...
GEODIS Freight Forwarder: moving from client needs to expert operations
Delivering freight services
An expert in customer needs, import and export operations and business excellence
Freight forwarding implies understanding customer needs (such as specific warehouse requirements) as well as market constraints and regulations across all of the different countries involved in each specific operation.
As a Freight Forwarder, you are therefore an expert in import and ex...