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3 ways to navigate your people & planning organization through the digital wave
Digital transformations -such as APS transformations- are creating a multitude of opportunities in t...
Read moreAgility to manage scarce freezer assets: a COVID-19 impact story
Until recently, freezer capacity had never been a scarce resource. Implicitly, it was always assum...
Read moreBluecrux is a Great Place to Work® certified™
We are excited to announce that we started 2021 with a brand new certification: the Great Place to W...
Read moreThis was 2020 for bluecrux
Are you counting down to the Christmas holidays yet? We are. And, despite the fact that it has been ...
Read moreThe journey towards smart factories
The end of the year is getting closer, so you’re probably finishing your 2020 roadmaps and pla...
Read moreCustomer experience: a key driver for future supply chain strategies
What’s cooking in the of world supply chain in 2020? Actually, according to the Gartner Hype Cycle...
Read moreHow to orchestrate cell & gene therapy supply chains
About a year and a half ago, we were asked by a client in the US to help them implement capacity pla...
Read more3 key learnings to set up a successful planning transformation journey
When thinking about making a vision of a ‘phygital’ world real, it is important to choose your b...
Read moreThe rise of resilient supply chains
The quest for resilient supply chains is not new. In fact, it is relatively easy to go back to the e...
Read moreHow to choose your gamechanger(s) in a ‘phygital’ world
What do you get when you collect 150+ supply chain & operations professionals digitally, for a v...
Read more5 tips to get your people on board of your transformation journey
In a fast and ever-changing world, companies that want to remain competitive need to embrace change....
Read more3 challenges to overcome during your ‘phygital’ warehouse automation projects
Are you currently planning any projects in your warehouse? Or do you have some projects planned in t...
Read moreTowards a successful connected planning journey
With the world changing at a faster pace than ever before the need for organizations to be able to r...
Read moreDigital supply chain planning: finding synergy between process, people, data, technology, and tools
We are in the middle of an APO replacement wave, where many companies have either already implemente...
Read moreHow to break through efficiency plateaus in operations
Do you agree that regardless of your chosen business strategy and organizational culture, the drive ...
Read moreA plan is only as good as its execution, or why you need S&OE
In the past two decades many companies have installed an S&OP process for a better outlook on th...
Read more4 key aspects to consider in your journey towards a customer centric supply chain
There are too many buffalo’s, we need more cheetahs. No, this is not a call to action to reduce wi...
Read more7 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 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 takeaways 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 more“Public’s Prize” at European ELA Awards: “A prize for Mindset & People 4.0”
On June 1 2017, we joined our client Bridgestone to pitch the Visibility Project in a bid to win an ...
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 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 more10 tips to manage change
Workshop ‘How to turn change agents into change communities’ On December 6 we welcomed more than...
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 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 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 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 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 moreSeeing pitfalls in an ERP implementation
The ERP project approach The “perfect trail” of an ERP implementation project is a well-describe...
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