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12 juli 2023 by Arjen van Berkum

Managing Disruptions In The Supply Chain

For many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call to the importance of supply chain planning in managing business continuity risk related to contract management. With disruptions in the global supply chain, businesses have had to reassess their risk management processes and identify ways to safeguard their operations. Now today’s world faces a different kind of supply chain disruption. Where the previous crisis hit globally the conflict in Ukraine shows a different element as well, the risk of your hidden supply chain (the supplier of your supplier so to speak).

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8 december 2017 by Arjen van Berkum

Hackathons, go or no go?

Hackathons are popping up everywhere nowadays. It used to be a useful leg up to disruptive technologies, but nowadays more and more industries use the concept to improve existing processes, enforce an innovation culture or invent new products. A hackathon is a unique tool for inspiration and disruption, often based on design thinking principles. These events can be really useful when you want to come up with disruptive (technological) solutions. Also it’s a great meeting place for students, small businesses and enterprises; it has potential to attract young talent and identify leaders. But frankly, a critical marginal note, how fair are contestants treated by the parties that commission the topics?

11 juli 2017 by Arjen van Berkum

8 promising transportation means for the future

How we will move (stuff) around in the future – the second of a two part series covering the future of transport, logistics and planning.

Transportation of the future

Can you imagine that people used to move around with horse and carriage nowadays? That was only a few decades ago, but a huge difference compared with the current transport systems. Then, it shouldn’t be really hard to imagine that travelling via a pod-like vehicle in a vacuum through immense pipelines in the near future is not science fiction. Or that our packages will be dropped off by autonomous drones. In the first part I shared my vision on the changes technology will inflict in transport and how that may impact society incredibly. Let’s see how that translates in actual devices, vehicles and concepts.

25 april 2017 by Arjen van Berkum

Agile and Waterfall, do you have a choice?

Agile & Waterfall

Thorough planning versus flexibility. Can these business drivers join forces? Agile appears to be winning the battle of application development. The adoption of this method has been increasing vigorously this last decade. Companies are even using similar methods to carry out other – not tech related – projects. So, flexibility it is?

29 juli 2016 by Arjen van Berkum Leave a Comment

Disruption is a mindset, disrupt your own business

Many companies accept the status quo when it comes to operating models. They have done stuff in a certain way for a long time. It works, so why change? Because you want a flourishing future, I guess? If you don’t disrupt yourself, a competitor or new start-up will. The impact of both options is the difference between a chameleon or a dinosaur. Therefore always challenge your status quo. Don’t be caught by surprise, surprise yourself. How? Start by improving the usage of business intelligence. Create competitive advantage and start to operate smarter.

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