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8 easy cybersecurity tips to protect your logistics data
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On January 28th, the world celebrates Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day), a national day first initiated in 2007 by the Council of Europe to raise awareness among all users about the importance of protecting the privacy of their personal data information online and spreading cybersecurity best practices.
What is at stake with data protection?
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Jay
Mia
Chief Security Officer, North, East & Central Europe at GEODIS
Jay Mia is an IT professional with over 20+ years in the field of Information Technology and IT Security.
GEODIS: A global leader in CSR
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GEODIS: A global leader in CSR
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As a company that is committed to being a good corporate citizen and to looking after its people, GEODIS goes to great lengths to fulfill its Corporate Social Responsibility. In 2018, those efforts were again recognized as outstanding by one of the world’s leading CSR rating agency. EcoVadis, that delivers assessment of social and environmental performance in global supply chain...
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 ...
How can you make your company's logistics greener?
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Learn more about GEODIS's CSR commitments
Since the signing of the Paris agreement in 2015 and the enactment of the Energy Transition Act for Green Growth , France, alongside 195 other countries, has committed to reducing its environmental footprint. While certain business sectors, such as construction and transportation (which account for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions in ...
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Circular Economy and Logistics
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Circular Economy and Logistics
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The term “circular economy” appeared as an opposite to the linear “take, make, dispose” economic model. Now, product life cycles are becoming shorter and shorter due to the development of technologies and faster distribution cycles.
Fast fashion and electronics serve as a good example. We as customers are encouraged to consume more, since our purchased products quickly become o...
Blockchain: logistics innovation to transport vaccines
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The Covid-19 pandemic revealed the importance of an efficient and effective supply chain. Distributing masks and hand sanitizer, supplying stores and health centers and organizing vaccination campaigns all required an intense mobilization of public authorities and healthcare professionals to set up emergency logistics adapted to the new constraints.
The Covid-19 vaccination cam...
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François
Bottin
IT Director of GEODIS Digital Solutions Factory
25 years of experience in IT program management with international teams . Expert in digital transformation for applications management, agile methodologies and IT people upskilling.
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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...
What are the key benefits of an automated warehouse?
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Let's face it, investing in warehouse automation is expensive, complex and potentially risky. However, have you evaluated the cost of an inefficient warehouse? Initially, it's zero, but in the long run, the hidden costs, such as stock-outs, low service levels, unhappy customers, etc. could be fatal to your business.
Depending on your budget and needs, warehouse automation syst...
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How are innovation and digital responding to supply chain disruptions?
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The arrival of new market players, changing consumer expectations, the emergence of new technologies, and the outbreak of the pandemic have caused an upheaval in the logistics sector over recent months.
In order to remain competitive and to offer better services that are both more efficient and more eco-friendly, the shift towards leveraging big data has become a p...
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Benoît
Tiers
Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Executive Vice President
Benoît is in charge of digital and technology for GEODIS group. He and his team ensure that the digital and technological services are at the level of service expected by th...
Sustainable Aviation Fuels, a new pathway for shippers to decarbonize air freight
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Sustainable Aviation Fuels, a new pathway for shippers to decarbonize air freight
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As the world takes to the skies after nearly two years of pandemic, it does so with renewed enthusiasm for decarbonizing the aviation industry. If you work in aviation, or in transportation more generally, you have probably come across the concept of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, in articles and via your LinkedIn feed. In this article, we look at what SAF is, why it is a gr...
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Alexander
Höglund
Senior Advisor Sustainability at GEODIS
Alexander Höglund is a senior expert on sustainable transformation in the logistics sector. His duties range from sustainable strategies, energy transformation, data analysis and more. Alexande...