Keyword: Fraunhofer SCS

Logistics & Supply Chain

“Vive la chimie” - the French Challenge in Chemical Logistics

08.12.2020 -

France has a long, grand history in chemistry.

Logistics & Supply Chain

Logistics Trends and the Chemical Industry: Digitalize and Cooperate

08.05.2019 - There are ten megatrends which are different in type and kind that influence the logistics industry. Among those mega trends are globalization, demographic change, new lifestyles...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Closer Look on Freight Rates

03.04.2017 - Creating more transparency for the chemical industry’s European transport market is the purpose of the Fraunhofer freight cost barometer, which has been published in the German...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Chemical Logistics Companies Have to Catch Up

03.04.2017 - Right now, chemical logistics companies around the world are facing major challenges. Transport Logistic, the 16th International Trade Fair for Logistics, Mobility, IT and Supply...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Digitalization is changing supply chains in the healthcare industry

12.05.2016 - Health care sets high requirements for logistics service providers. Particularly pharmaceuticals have high product values and strict legal regulations, which must be fulfilled...

Logistics & Supply Chain

“Less-Than-Truckload Networks”

28.07.2015 -

The European market for less-than-truckload (LTL) services is characterized by rising competition and price pressure.

Logistics & Supply Chain

Optimized Transports in Chemical Companies

26.11.2014 - A lean transportation structure and an optimal allocation - in cost and service aspects - of logistics service providers enable companies to reduce their transportation and...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Pure Chemical Transport Cost Benchmark

21.06.2013 - In most companies the major part of logistics costs are transport costs. Therefore, well conducted negotiations with service providers can lead to enormous cost reductions. But how...