Maarten de Vries

As climate events become more frequent and intense, #supplychains face mounting pressure to adapt—fast. Traditional #scheduling methods, reliant on manual coordination, simply can't keep up. #AI-powered scheduling is changing the game. By automating appointment requests the moment a load enters the TMS and autonomously managing updates, it transforms scheduling from a reactive chore into a strategic advantage. This isn’t just about speed—it’s about precision, scalability and resilience. It’s about ensuring freight arrives on time, even when the unexpected strikes. https://lnkd.in/ev_uN5WU

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Excited to share our latest report: “Value Creation in Chemicals 2025: Chemical Companies Won’t Recover by Doing More of the Same.”​ From 2020–2024, the chemical industry’s average annual TSR was 7%, below the 10% cross-industry median. Soft demand, overcapacity, and rising costs weighed heavily on performance.​ Yet, resilience is possible. Focused specialties, industrial gases, agrochemicals, and electronic chemicals continue to outperform, while India delivered a leading 28% TSR.​ Explore the report’s five imperatives for chemical players today:​ 👉 https://lnkd.in/g8QYX-nq​ #Chemicals #ValueCreation #ValueCreationinChemicals #TSR

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Supply Chains Are No Longer Backstage. They’re Strategy. Once seen as cost centers and quiet enablers, supply chains are now stepping into a new role: architects of customer experience. In my latest Forbes article (link is in the Comments), I explore how companies like Philips are transforming their supply chain strategies — not just to weather volatility, but to win with customers. As Birger Buesching, Head of North America Supply Chain at Philips, shared with me: this shift wasn’t triggered by tariffs or cost pressures. It was sparked by a more fundamental question: How do we get closer to our customers? That question is reshaping everything from where products are made to how forecasts are built. Philips tailors its operations to the business model of each retail partner, whether it’s Costco’s bulk philosophy, Amazon’s speed, or Walmart’s hybrid expectations. And instead of siloed planning, Philips embeds supply chain directly into commercial strategy. Customer collaboration teams don’t just share data; they co-create solutions, even redesigning fulfillment flows to serve demand in real time. Technology helps. AI and analytics are starting to enable what Buesching calls “augmented decision-making” — tools that support faster, smarter responses. But tech alone doesn’t create resilience. A customer-centric mindset does. The approach is spreading. Unilever has linked supply chain to marketing to accelerate innovation. Home Depot built a unified network around the customer journey. And smaller companies can take similar steps: focus on reliability, improve communication, and create shared planning forums with top customers. What’s emerging is a new playbook. The supply chain flexes with market shifts, aligns with sales, and acts as the internal voice of the customer. It’s not just about delivering products. It’s about delivering trust. If you’re still treating your supply chain as just a cost to manage, you’re missing its real value.

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Most companies know they need to adapt their raw materials strategy — but what should that look like in practice? Inverto | A BCG Company latest Raw Materials White Paper builds on the findings from its 2025 survey to outline five strategic imperatives for designing resilience into Procurement and Supply Chain architectures. This is about moving from ad-hoc mitigation to structural readiness — with better governance, cross-functional pricing logic, and smarter sourcing models... explaining how executives can move from intent to execution and embed resilience as a design principle! #Procurement #SupplyRisk #RawMaterials #Tariffs #SupplyChain #Inverto 📥 Read the white paper: https://lnkd.in/exkubVCu

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