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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...
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...
How to overcome the challenges facing the pharmaceutical cold chain industry?
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As revealed by the pandemic, seamless logistics is key, especially when it comes to dealing with the specificities and complexity of the pharma cold chain.
But what does that actually refer to? In this first article, we address the specific logistics challenges in the pharmaceutical cold chain, linked to the sensitivity of the products and their access to patient. We will focus...
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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...
Returns management affects your business efficiency
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Global e-commerce retail sales have almost reached USD 5 trillion in 2021, they are expected to reach USD 5.5 trillion by 2022 and a staggering USD 7,4 trillion by 2025, according to figures released by Statista in early February. This surge is due to the digital transformation and new consumption habits, which have been boosted by the lockdowns due to COVID.
Considering this ...
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Ashwani
NATH
Global Head of e-commerce
Global Head of e-Channel solutions and previously Global Retail Director for GEODIS. He records more than thirty-seven years of experience in the logistics sector. He is leading the design and deployment of new...
How to cope with ocean freight unstability in pandemic time?
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How to cope with ocean freight unstability in pandemic time?
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Ocean freight services have been and are still strongly obstructed by the COVID-19 crisis. This creates extra strain on logistics or supply chain departments in global organizations that need to juggle with surge in freight rates and surcharges, occurring in tandem with reduced service liability, a key performance indicator for shippers and supply chain managers, If you’re in ch...
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Florence
Gautrais
Global Ocean Freight Director at GEODIS
Florence has been an executive in the domain of Ocean freight and freight forwarding solutions for more than 20 years. She set-up Ocean freight and logistics end to end solutions for internatio...
A look back at two years of the pandemic: the growing challenges surrounding the supply chain
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During the pandemic, several events demonstrated the importance of an efficient and effective supply chain at the local level. In order to dispense masks, antibacterial gel and vaccines to all their citizens, governments needed to take on the role of buyers. Airlifts have been set up in order to supply stores and health centers in direct contact with the local populations, such ...
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Transport companies and cyber-risk: 3 questions to Trellix, cybersecurity specialist
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GEODIS interviewed Mo Cashman, one of Trellix’s passionate leaders in cyber security, on his understanding of cyber risk as it applies to logistics and transportation companies, and how they should respond to control it. He also shares his views on data sovereignty and security today.
Trellix is the name of the new global cybersecurity giant resulting from the merger between McA...
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Mo
Cashman
Principal Engineer Director, Pre-Sales EMEA Trellix
As a Pre-Sales leader and Principal Engineer at Trellix, Mo Cashman advises Trellix largest global customers and partners on their cyber threat management, security operations and cloud se...
Four Benefits of Robots in Your Warehouse
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Four Benefits of Robots in Your Warehouse
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Robotic Order Picking Increases Supply Chain Productivity by 100%.
In today’s fast-paced e-Commerce environment, many supply chain executives face a growing logistics challenge—meeting the demands of direct-to-consumer expectations. Fueled by online shopping, shorter product life cycles and the ongoing influence of the Amazon effect, distribution centers are finding ...
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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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.