Schlagwort: SupplyChain
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Resilience is one of those words that quickly elicits nods of agreement in management circles. Everyone wants it. Hardly anyone disagrees with it. And that is precisely why it is often phrased too softly. In West African supply chains, this is dangerous. Because here, resilience is not a friendly guiding principle. It is an operational…
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Companies love efficiency improvement programs because they seem tangible. You can measure processes, identify waste, sharpen responsibilities, and put together packages of measures. All of this has its value. But in 2026, the operational maturity of many organizations will become apparent in another area: their ability to make planning assumptions explicit and review them on…
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Today, energy often affects companies not as a single bill, but as a chain reaction. When uncertainty rises, behavior changes: inventories grow, payment terms shift, contracts become tougher. The result seems trivial – yet it is crucial: capital is tied up. Imagine your company as a factory floor. When the lights flicker, it’s not just…
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Why this corridor is more than just a road project ECOWAS describes the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor as an approximately 1,080 km long connection between the major coastal cities of Abidjan, Accra, Cotonou, Lomé, and Lagos – and emphasizes the role of the connected seaports in supplying the region’s landlocked countries. In recent communications, the AfDB frequently…
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Sustainable logistics is not created by individual digital or ESG projects, but by an integrated operating model. Drivers include new reporting requirements (CSRD/ESRS) and sectoral decarbonization paths (IMO). The 3-lens principle The process model: Stabilize → Improve → Scale 6 concrete steps to get started KPIs (guidelines) Risks / trade-offs