US manufacturing commitments double after Biden subsidies launched - on.ft.com/43FChKr via Financial Times

Bedrijven blijven exponentiële groei in automatisering verwachten die reëel steeds weer lineair blijkt te zijn. Afgelopen 3 jaar 1 procentpunt erbij waar 9 werd verwacht. "Automatisering nam afgelopen jaren nauwelijks toe ondanks krappe arbeidsmarkt" nos.nl/l/2473434

Today giving a research seminar and meeting with faculty and students at IE University Business School. First set if meetings at the brand new vertical campus

Online-Only Startups’ Bold New Strategy: Opening Actual Shops wsj.com/articles/warby… #omnichannel #retail

Following Europe's Chip Act, a Critical Medicines Act could be next. Via POLITICOEurope #supplychain #security politico.eu/article/china-…

The price others pay for our next-day deliveries spectator.co.uk/article/the-pr… via The Spectator and Postal Hub Podcast

Bouman legt de alternatieven naast elkaar: nasleep bullwhip of begin recessie. Ik denk dat we het binnen een paar maanden zullen weten: de voorraden naderen snel een punt waarin omkering trend zou moeten plaatsvinden.

Remember the container ship blocking the Suez Canal? Same thing happening now in the #PanamaCanal, but in slow motion. Could have severe effect on US #supplychains. "An ‘unprecedented drought’ is affecting the Panama Canal. El Niño could make it worse." cnn.com/2023/06/13/ame…

#MSC and #Maersk are spending the billions they earned during the pandemic in radically different ways: Maersk trying to do forward integration, MSC investing in more ocean capacity "The #shipping rivals plotting divergent courses on global trade" on.ft.com/43XMjqi via Financial Times

Gaan de fietsers nu ook de laatste fietsvrije wandelpaden bevolken Martine Kamsma ? Te voet is de Val d'Orcia nog mooier en langzamer te doorkruisen.

The Dutch city of Eindhoven is growing to accommodate a burgeoning tech-talent community. Its growth is interwoven with a tech giant. But such expansion comes at a cost, as Eindhoven is in need of additional housing — 62,000 homes over the next decade. bit.ly/3PCBC80

Procent of 5 minder volume in supermarkt sinds de horeca en bedrijfskantines weer open zijn. Volume lag tijdens de covidsluitingen een procent of 7 hoger dan 2019. Langjarige volumegroei van cumulatief een procent of 2 lijkt gewoon weer terug op oude trendlijn. #geenpaniek

The evidence is mounting that we need to see each other as colleagues regularly, in the office, in person. #WFH economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Parcel locker in Germany. The red sticker: "Please pick up your parcel quickly" - an omen of the challenge that all parcel lockers face: clients delay too much their pickup. The obvious countermeasure of charging a fee for late pickup leads to clients avoiding locker deliveries

#hiring #Operations #supplychain Tilburg University Economics and Management

Even for fairly simple products, deploying automation to make reshoring successful, is very hard. Stanley Black & Decker couldn't make it work and closes $90M factory in Texas. "Why America’s Largest Tool Company Couldn’t Make a Wrench in America" wsj.com/articles/craft…

A battery supply chain that excludes china looks impossible #supplychain #sourcing #resilience economist.com/asia/2023/07/1…

Chicago Is Losing Supermarkets. Does a Kansas Town Have the Answer? #Retail wsj.com/articles/chica…

Evaluating how proximity to coworkers impacts software engineers' training and output as firms grapple with return-to-the-office policies, from Natalia Emanuel, Emma Harrington, and Amanda Pallais nber.org/papers/w31880