Supply Chain and Logistics Trends in the Chemical Industry
This interview covers key results of the study ‘Success Factor Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Chemical Industry 2024’ by Solventure, Aimms and Miebach.
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Increasing Complexity of Pharma Logistics
The pharmaceutical industry requires reliable and innovative partners who can flexibly adapt to its changing demands.
24.06.2024 • News
Influence the Chemical Future
Be part of the initiative Success Factor Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Chemical Industry!
Navigating the Logistics Impact
Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) present a revolutionary approach to the pharmaceutical industry. However, several complexities do arise on a logistical spectrum that diverge from those of traditional pharmaceuticals.
High Dynamics in the Supply Chain
Interview with Markus Mau, President of the ELA, about developments for the logistics sector.
Digital Twin Meets General Cargo Logistics
The logistics industry urgently needs digital transformation to ensure quality and to tackle challenges such as the shortage of skilled workers and sustainability.
24.03.2023 • News
Aramco and DHL Plan Saudi Logistics Hub
Saudi Aramco and DHL Supply Chain have signed an agreement to set up a new procurement and logistics hub in Saudi Arabia. The facility would be the first in the region to cater to customers in the industrial, energy, chemical and petrochemical sectors.
Strategic Planning in Transport Management
Implementing the capability for tactical and strategic planning enables companies to build a smoother and more resilient supply chain.
Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
On Jan. 1, 2023, the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (“LkSG”) came into force in Germany.
Centrally Controlled Logistics for Covid-19 Vaccines
Examples of national logistics solutions in the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium show how high availability and low costs can be brought down to a common denominator.
Green Hydrogen Is the Way out of the Energy Crisis
Green hydrogen is experiencing an enormous upswing in the current energy crisis. The increased demand will be difficult to meet on a local level. So, right on time, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges is preparing to bring large quantities of the climate-friendly energy carrier from non-European countries to Western Europe.
Successful Large-Scale SCE Projects
Large-scale projects in pharmaceutical logistics are complex, long-term and investment-intensive projects that can only be successfully implemented with an assertive and goal-oriented large-scale project organization structure.
Solving the Riddle of Supply Chain Visibility
Supply chain visibility (SCV) seems to be on everyone’s agenda right now. However, when talking to companies, it quickly becomes clear that everyone has a different picture of visibility. Basically, visibility is about knowing more than you knew before, and this is what most companies still agree on.
How to Make Supply Chains Resilient
When the pandemic was pounding at their doors, many industries were rattled. Healthcare and chemicals were adapting rather successfully to the new normal, as a McKinsey & Company survey reveals.
GEFO invests €400 million
The shipping company Gefo is building a range of new specialized tankers at shipyards in China, Turkey, Romania and the Netherlands.
26.11.2021 • Topics • Technology
Port of Antwerp Brings Global Chemistry Together
Antwerp is the home port of the largest integrated chemical cluster in Europe. It is the place for entering into partnerships throughout the chain and even across sectors.
Jointly mastering logistical challenges
Lubricants for automotive, mechanical engineering, aviation and various other industries: This is the business model of Fuchs Schmierstoffe from Mannheim.
08.07.2021 • News
Maersk in Saudi Logistics Partnership
Maersk Saudi Arabia, part of Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk, has entered into a strategic partnership with King Abdullah Port to provide services for the Kingdom’s petrochemical exporters. The partners will set up the Maersk Integrated Logistics Hub, a non-bonded warehouse for handling and storing cargoes.
Pharma Logistics: A Global Perspective
Over the past few years, Camelot has been monitoring pharma distribution in different regions of the world.
Tune Your Warehouse
The changes in customer needs and market requirements have not only been changing because of the pandemic influences within the last year, but traditional business models were quickly considered outdated in the current environment.
Container with New Perspectives
Originally engineered for the transport of chocolate, tank containers with agitators have discovered a wide range of uses.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Chemical Industry
Besides digitalization, sustainability and the circular economy are the key issues facing the chemical industry at present and in the coming decades.
H.Essers: Negotiations for Acquisition of the Chemical Logistics Activities of the Dutch Meeus Group
Logistics service provider H.Essers, currently active in 19 countries from 77 locations, is in advanced negotiations for the acquisition of the logistics and transport activities of the Dutch Meeus Group.
“Vive la chimie” - the French Challenge in Chemical Logistics
France has a long, grand history in chemistry.
Flexibility and Safety in the Chemical Industry
Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) are genuine transport and storage all-rounders with a variety of different uses in many different industries.
Predictive Logistics Era is Happening Right Now
Change is happening this very minute in the logistics industry. Why? Quite simply, because shippers are under enormous pressure from their customers to provide accurate real-time visibility data on shipments from pick-up to delivery.
High Level Chemical Logistics
As an independent system of uniform third party assessments, SQAS — Safety and Quality Assessment System —was initiated to evaluate the performance of logistics service providers and chemical distributors.
Pharma & Life Sciences: International survey about Supply Chain Management 2020
Miebach Consulting has launched an international survey in order to evaluate the most relevant challenges and trends for supply chain organizations within the pharma & life sciences industry.
