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An omnichannel experience in fashion logistics is necessary but not sufficient. Customer experience needs to reflect in the back-end supply chain and order management. (Photo by @dluan on Unsplash)

16 August 2019 14:30

Fashion logistics: filling the gaps for a better customer experience

Logistics providers need to fill vital gaps to deliver a better customer experience with transparency at the consumer level. This will determine their position to provide the necessary services and even disrupt the future fashion industry. Mattias Praetorius, global head of the Consumer, Retail and Fashion industry vertical at Panalpina, looks at the trends in this blog post.

Mobile first, order online today, delivered tomorrow: Logistics in the fashion industry will increasingly have to move to the beat of consumers in the “always on, always available” digital world. (Photo by @lindsayhenwood on Unsplash)

14 August 2019 17:30

Generational shift in fashion logistics: stepping up to the challenge

We’re about to experience a generational shift. The sooner the fashion and logistics industries become fully digitally enabled, the better for speed to market, which will continue to be the top priority. Mattias Praetorius, global head of the Consumer, Retail and Fashion industry vertical at Panalpina, looks at what generational and behavioral changes among consumers mean for fashion logistics.

Newly GDP-certified: Panalpina’s Healthcare Logistics Center Frankfurt/Main (Photo: Miriam De Giorgi, Panalpina)

13 August 2019 11:00

Panalpina’s Healthcare Logistics Center in Germany obtains GDP certification

Panalpina’s new Healthcare Logistics Center in Weiterstadt near Frankfurt/Main has obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification and is ready to assist healthcare customers with the handling, transport and storage of their temperature-sensitive medicinal products. Frankfurt is Panalpina’s third logistics facility in Germany’s Rhein-Main region, alongside Moerfelden and Neu-Isenburg.

Things have changed in fashion logistics: a warehouse operation of a former Panalpina customer in 1999. (Photo: Panalpina)

12 August 2019 11:35

10 developments that have shaped the fashion industry and logistics in the past two decades

Panalpina has been closely involved in the evolution of the fashion industry for decades. Time to pause and take a look back over the last twenty years to highlight some of the major changes that have taken place, not just for nostalgia’s sake but to see what the trends are for the future. This is the first part of a three-part blog post series with Mattias Praetorius.

Discussing the essential role of logistics in the healthcare industry: Brazilian regulatory experts Adriano Pitoli (left) and Dirceu Barbano (right), with Marcelo Caio Bartolini D'Arco, country manager, Panalpina Brazil. (Photo: Panalpina)

12 Juli 2019 15:30

Healthcare industry banks on logistics for safe, efficient and timely deliveries, notes Brazilian government official

Getting medicinal products from A to B in tamper-proof, cold-chain conditions requires highly efficient global supply chains. Logistics is essential for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, as commercial and regulatory experts increasingly realize. This was underlined by Brazilian authorities during the recent opening of Panalpina’s healthcare logistics center in Cajamar, São Paulo.

Panalpina’s hacker team, Kosmos, at work: coding a blockchain solution to trace and authenticate products within the pharmaceutical supply chain. (Photo: Panalpina)

1 Juli 2019 15:50

Blockchain for pharma’s blockbusters

How would you trace and authenticate unique and valuable products within the healthcare and pharmaceutical supply chain? Panalpina’s hacker team took a stab at creating real-world blockchain solutions to share data within and across enterprises.

Blockchain (often) stumbles on the lack of trust that it is supposed to be built on. (Illustration by Panalpina)

11 Juni 2019 09:00

Blockchain: Moving from hype to tangible benefits for supply chains

The initial glitter of blockchain may have taken a beating, but concrete steps are underway to turn its promise into tangible business applications. A keen mover of digital technologies in freight forwarding and logistics, Panalpina has narrowed the use cases for this industry and started a pilot to play the benefits of blockchain to make supply chains more efficient.

Panalpina’s IT developers are all set to code and hack their way towards blockchain solutions that solve real-world supply chain challenges. (Photo: Panalpina)

24 Maj 2019 10:15

Panalpina developers tackle traceability in pharma product supply chains at blockchain hackathon

A team of Panalpina IT developers from Basel and Lisbon will take a crack at creating solutions for better traceability and authentication within pharma product supply chains. They will take up the challenge to advance real-world blockchain solutions and join other competing teams at the Swiss Blockchain Hackathon being held from June 21 to 23, 2019 at the Trust Square blockchain hub in Zurich.

DSV's facility in Krefeld, Germany is close to both a good road network, airports and ports

21 Maj 2019 11:08

One-stop-shopping in Krefeld, Germany is the key to further growth

In 2015, DSV in Germany merged all locations in the Dusseldorf area in Western Germany under one roof in Krefeld. That has improved customer service and it’s been conducive to business growth.

Panalpina is Brexit-ready to help customers with any challenges in upholding their supply chains. (Image: Panalpina)

14 Februar 2019 17:00

Brexit: Panalpina is ready to uphold customers’ supply chains

Given the many Brexit challenges, Panalpina has set up a special task force to help customers find individual solutions. It also offers the following services to uphold customers' supply chains: tailored Air Freight solutions provided by the company's Charter Network, customs clearance and consulting, warehousing and other value-added logistics services, supply chain redesign and consulting.

Having the right products in stock is a logistical challenge; supply chains and inventories have to become more robust to cope. (Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash)

5 Februar 2019 12:30

Perishables and e-commerce: Is the real promise in B2B?

Perishables continue to spur the growth of global logistics. With Fruit Logistica in Berlin this week, we look at how e-commerce is factoring into the perishables industry. Driver or disruptor: the views are not clear-cut, and business-to-business (B2B) might turn out to be the big winner.

Panalpina helps businesses make their supply chains leaner and better. (Photo by Panalpina)

23 Januar 2019 16:20

Three ways to make supply chains lean with value stream mapping

Value stream mapping allows oversight of the entire supply chain and enables businesses to create holistic solutions, optimize and remove waste, as Maria Pía Caraccia, corporate Logistics business improvement manager at Panalpina, explains in an interview with Cardiff University’s Panalpina Centre for Manufacturing and Logistics Research.

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