Some 10 years ago, online grocery initiative Webvan spectacularly crashed out of the retail market after spending its way through over a billion dollars in capital. As they battle against the current economic headwind, many wholesalers and retailers are keen to invest in a segment that is still demonstrating growth potential: e-commerce. As a...

Within the official partnership between Groenewout and Mazars, we share and strengthen each-others expertise in operational logistics and finance within the Transport & Logistics industry. In the newsletter issue of January 2013 a Groenewout article on 9 ideas to survive the crisis efficiently has been published (Dutch version).

Since the introduction of the high-speed service Fyra (the direct train connection between The Hague and Brussels) on December 9 2012, the Fyra service has been set with technical malfunctions leading to delays and cancellations. In 2012, Groenewout conducted a research on how to optimize the Logistic Support System of the Fyra to reduce the...

In comparison with pioneering sectors such as FMCG, retail and electronics, the pharma industry is somewhat behind when it comes to logistics developments like Distribution Network Efficiencies and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). However, change is inevitable, since various developments currently underway in the pharmaceutical industry are making the logistics situation increasingly complex. The most...

  No matter where they are in the world, virtually all reasonably sized warehouses have a sprinkler system. The reason they are so widespread is because sprinkler systems have been demonstrated to significantly reduce the risk of loss of buildings and their contents in the case of fire. The expected size of fire damage is...

In high school, the formula mentioned in the title is referred to as the Commutative property of multiplication. This formula is described as one of the important principles of arithmetic. By using this apparently simple looking formula, one of our customers achieved significant cost savings. The usual pallet racking with three pallets next to...

A few weeks ago a Swedish pilot was arrested by Dutch police at Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport for flying a commercial aircraft for 13 years with a fake licence. The 41-year-old pilot was about to fly a Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Ankara-Esenboga Airport , Turkey, with 101 passengers on board when...

The last 10 years has witnessed a trend in which distribution centers are getting bigger and bigger, especially Distribution Centers (DC's) of logistics service providers. But also to some extent private DC’s. It is questionable if this is always the best solution. There are without a doubt scale advantages associated with a DC of...

The current recession leads to the common idea that corporate social responsibility will besubordinated to efficiency again. How can companies, despite of the credit crunch, reducethe carbon footprint (CO2 emission) of their logistics? This article has been published on Logistiek.nl (Dutch version). If you should have any questions regarding Sales & Operations Planning please contact Alain Beerens.

Groenewout was honoured to speak at LogiCon in Brussels, Belgium on Feb 4th. This high quality conference is Europe’s longest running event for senior supply chain and logistics professionals in the FMCG and retail sector. Our principal consultant & partner, Alain Beerens, provided insight into the Critical Success Factors of Sales & Operations Planning....