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7 guiding principles to build your data factory
Master data is the fuel that drives your organization forward. When you use gasoline in a diesel veh
Read moreThe road towards successful change management
As published at Ad Ultima blog on 15 April 2020 – interview with Anouk Schoenmakers, partner b
Read moreHow to embed a CSR-initiative in your company’s DNA?
Last year, we wrote about starting our inside-out CSR initiative at bluecrux and the first activitie
Read moreThis was 2019 for bluecrux
Are you counting down to those Christmas holidays yet? We’re doing the same, yet in (bluecrux) sty
Read moreIndustry 4.0 in Pharma: 3 key takeaways from Manupharma 2019
On 3 & 4 December 2019, the Manupharma conference in Frankfurt took place, bringing together sta
Read moreBluecrux named a 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor
After already being named 4 times this year by Gartner*, we’re now very excited to share that -as
Read more7 ways to get Smart, ‘Phygital’ & ready for the next generation
What do you get when you invite 150+ Supply Chain & Operations professionals on a sunny Thursday
Read moreThis was the summer of 2019
Summer of 2019 is already over again, yet we hope you enjoyed every tiny bit of it & you made be
Read moreBluecrux is opening its first US office
We’re excited to finally share the news that we’re opening our first US office in New Je
Read moreHow bluecrux and Johnson & Johnson got ‘Phygital’
We’re live at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Barcelona, Johan Maes (Senior D
Read moreBecause we care: our inside-out CSR initiative to continuously improve our global impact
As a consulting company, our mission is to positively impact our clients by helping them to connect
Read moreBluecrux joins forces with Vlerick Business School
As from January 2019, bluecrux has partnered up with Vlerick Business School for the launch of the C
Read moreHuman factor is key to success within sustainable digital transformation
As to be published in Trends Magazine on May 30, 2019. A train is hurtling down the tracks, full o
Read moreUn(b)locking traceabillity with blockchain?
Blockchain is THE hot topic that has been on everybody’s lips for the past few months, with all so
Read moreAlpro optimises planning for its plant-based alternative
As published in Business Logistics Magazine, December 2018; LightsOutPlanning trawls through data in
Read more7 ways to get your Supply Chain ready for the digital era
On a sunny Thursday in November, we gathered about 150 Supply Chain & Operations professionals a
Read moreThis was 2018 for bluecrux
With the countdown to the holidays, are you already preparing to get overwhelmed with year reviews &
Read moreGet an agile focus on your customers in 8 steps
What can you learn from a cheetah if you want to get an agile focus on your customers – and be
Read moreSetting sail for industry 4.0? Don’t forget your shore crew.
Has your organization set sail for industry 4.0? Great! Maybe you’ve already made a huge investmen
Read moreIDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2018 Predictions
We are thrilled with what is to come!! Check out the Top 10 Predictions for Global Manufacturing in
Read moreThe Evolution of the Transparent and Cognitive Supply Chain
From IBM Watson to Watson Supply Chain. Check out IBMs journey towards a more transparent, intellige
Read morePlanning in the digital age: let data do the dirty work!
In this digital age, where “customer centricity” is king and “real-time data” queen, you can
Read moreHow AI speeds up LightsOutPlanning: 3 quick learnings
LightsOutPlanning, or LOP for short, is a supply chain 4.0 solution that we develop in co-creation w
Read moreThe bumpy road to industry 4.0
The old world is dead. Digitalization is everywhere. And companies have to strike out on their own d
Read moreForecasters, read (and steer) the game like Wayne Gretzky! (part 2)
Anticipation and not leaning back are key if you want to be as successful at forecasting as Wayne Gr
Read moreForecasters, read the game like Wayne Gretzky! (part 1)
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.” For forecasters, the ultim
Read moreHow do you plan and deliver in a customer-centric world?
Supply chains have become far more fragmented and globally dispersed. As a supply chain manager, you
Read moreNeed to transform your customer service? Here are 3 take-aways from Miele and Bridgestone.
During our largely attended #bluecruxtalk ‘From Headset to Mindset’ on Wednesday 20 September, C
Read moreBlockchain in manufacturing: 3 opportunities and 3 threats
Your products move through a vast network of manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers before they
Read moreThe two key ingredients for a delicious customer experience
Whereas a few years ago product quality or differentiation allowed supply chain managers to concentr
Read more5 steps towards a more efficient workforce
Nowadays, workforce efficiency is centered on improving the productivity of the workforce – a focu
Read moreHow do you plan and deliver in a customer-centric world?
Supply chains have become far more fragmented and globally dispersed. As a supply chain manager, you
Read more“The times they are a-changin’”… in the chemical industry. Time for action!
The 2016 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature may have written this epic song some 50 years ago,
Read more“Public’s Prize” at European ELA Awards: “A prize for Mindset & People 4.0”
The core team of the Visibility project. From left to right: Jon San Andres, Paula Moral Santiago,
Read moreOur experience from the LogiPharma event
Last April, bluecrux attented LogiPharma, the largest global event bringing together supply chain pr
Read more3 must-dos when you have to tear down silos
Admit it. Trying to bring about change over several departments within a company is… well, erm, ha
Read moreAre you really ready to manage layoffs and survivors?
2016 saw a massive number of layoffs by Belgian companies in various sectors. Whatever the organizat
Read moreSupply Chain Innovations 2017: walk the talk
Bluecrux presents IBP project with Tereos and innovative LightsOutPlanning tool at Supply Chain Inno
Read moreVIB Magazine features interview with Henri-Xavier Benoist and Anneleen Tronquo
Nice! VIB Magazine features interview with Henri-Xavier Benoist and Anneleen Tronquo: “The Visibil
Read moreReasons why you should wait to introduce change management.
There aren’t any. Absolutely none. Nowadays, almost everybody realizes that people are a major dri
Read moreMeeting Of Minds
“Sharing is the new owning.” At bluecrux we strongly believe in this credo. Therefore, we organi
Read more10 tips to manage change
Workshop ‘How to turn change agents into change communities’ On December 6 we welcomed more than
Read moreIs Your Boardroom Ready For The Next Upgrade?
Do you recognize the following situation? @ Friday evening – Final preparation for the Monthly Boa
Read moreHow to turn change into a competitive advantage?
How to turn change into a competitive advantage? We made it! We made what? We’ve been trying to fi
Read moreThe Number 1 Reason Why Your Operational Excellence Project Might Fail
At a given moment in time, almost all successful manufacturing plants and warehouses indulge themsel
Read moreJuggling With Your Employees’ Borders
All transformation projects concern directly or indirectly your organizational design. Change manage
Read moreBluecrux Team Keeps Growing With 6 New Supply Chain & Operations Enthusiasts!
Also interested in joining bluecrux? Don’t hesitate to send us your CV and motivation letter via w
Read moreScheduling Is Not Only About Labor Cost!
A lot of people still have an old fashioned view on scheduling. Labour is expensive is a true statem
Read moreIBP: How To Stop Inefficient Use Of Expensive Resources?
Are you coordinating your strategic plans in a departmental view? Do you believe there is more poten
Read moreThe First Freefall into Change Management … I Enjoyed the Ride!
Change-management workshops – do they really work? During my studies I came across various promisi
Read moreBinocs at the Strategic Resource Management Conference in Philadelphia
Binocs, bluecrux’s solution for resource planning, goes US! We’ll be presenting and sharing our
Read moreForecasts Are Always Wrong! So Why Should We Bother?
Even APICS says so: Forecasts can never be 100% correct. (Unless you are really lucky, but that woul
Read moreThe Four Heart Attacks Your Supply Chain Lead Should Survive When Facing Anti-Counterfeit Regulations
With the emergence throughout the last decades of thefts, counterfeit medicines and parallel trades
Read moreUber for Transport Companies: How Collaboration Can End Your Low Transport Efficiency Levels!
Many companies that transport via roads are too small in scale. This leads to low transport efficien
Read moreLet the Games Begin (With 97% of My Colleagues)
Unless you’ve been living under a giant rock – which seems very unlikely – you know that the E
Read morebluecrux is Very Happy to Introduce Three New Colleagues!
Also interested in joining bluecrux? Don’t hesitate to send us your CV and motivation letter via w
Read moreQRM Gives Your Production Firm the Ultimate Advantage!
Cost is not the main sanctifying factor anymore. Nowadays it is … time, which will give your produ
Read moreLights-Out Planning – The First Building Block Builds on Industry 4.0
Many companies are interested in understanding the concepts of “Industry 4.0”. In addition, they
Read moreExperience Officially Killed the Information Pyramid in Customer Management
We all grew up under the holy mantra of shaping data into information. Correct service to our custom
Read moreYes, We Can Measure Change!
Is the success of a change-management approach somehow quantifiable and measurable? At first it seem
Read moreIndustry 4.0: Trends That Will Reshape the Way Things Are Made? Or Just a Flashy Catchphrase?
Will the powerful emerging currents, such as big data, advanced analytics, human–machine interface
Read more3PL is Crossing the Boundaries of Mere Logistics
As more and more companies were making budget control and cost reduction two of their yearly targets
Read moreCaught at the Coffee Machine – The Workforce Fairy Tale
It was just another day at the office….
Read moreFundamentally Changing the Way We Do Software Implementations
In 2012, after scanning 10 million YouTube videos, a Google supercomputer learned to identify a cat
Read moreSeeing Pitfalls in an ERP Implementation
The ERP project approach The “perfect trail” of an ERP implementation project is a well-describe
Read moreImproved Agility is Key for Your Supply-Chain Excellence
An agile supply chain must be responsive to actual demand, and capable of using information as a sub
Read moreWhat Looks Like Laziness is Often Exhaustion
We’ve all been in these situations where we think it’s just impossible to change the behavior of
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