Commentary by Ralf Düster, member of the board of Setlog Holding AG, Bochum, Germany (Bochum, 14.2.2019). The economy is sinking millions of Euros into its supply chains. Even worse: Most companies don’t know this. The top management sometimes believes that the brightest head is the one who keeps the most complicated Excel spreadsheets. Not to […]

• SCM specialist Setlog is developing a three-phase model to help companies bring transparency to their value chain and implement the Supply Chain Act.• Pioneers come from the German fashion industry, among others for example, the fashion retailer KiK. (Bochum, 02/22/2021). To help companies implement the Supply Chain Act that has recently been pushed by […]

• Reduction of supply backlogs may take up to six weeks.• Experts forecast falling sea freight rates in the long term.• Setlog publishes seven expert tips for Asian trade. (Bochum, 02/08/2021). Capacity bottlenecks in sea freight and a lack of empty containers have caused importers of goods from Asia to suffer for months. The start […]

• Jeans brand chooses SCM tool from Setlog• IT briIT brings more transparency to the supply chain (Bochum, 1/20/2021). In the fashion industry, the name MUSTANG stands for a wide range of jeans and lifestyle fashion for women and men. In order to meet today’s requirements for modern and transparent supply chain management, MUSTANG will […]

• Freight rates for sea and air freight from Asia are rising.• Setlog’s SCM experts advise early planning and digital communication. (Bochum, 9/17/2020). Experts forecast capacity bottlenecks in the coming weeks and the associated rise in freight rates for goods transported from Asia. The reason for this is the Chinese national holiday on October 1, […]

Clothing reaches Germany up to 30 days later. Production and transport delays are only just beginning. Fashion industry cancels or postpones production of more than 800 million ordered garments. (Bochum, 3/31/2020) The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic are increasingly affecting the supply chains of the fashion industry between Asia and Germany. After fashion brands had […]

Clothing providers are rebooking more than 60 percent of airfreight shipments into ocean freight. Spot market rates for ocean freight double. Six million empty containers piled up in China. (Bochum, 3/25/2020) Full brake and roll backwards. Even the announcement by the German government that shops would have to be closed due to the pandemic caused […]

Coronavirus: Delivery delays of 20 days on average in the fashion industry Forecast predicts delayed deliveries of up to 50 days. Spot market freight rates for air cargo more than quintupled in some cases. (Bochum, Germany, March 17, 2020) The rapid spread of the Coronavirus is already having an impact on the German fashion industry. […]

The topics “Industry 4.0” and “Digitization” have occupied all industries for some time, not just logistics. On the one hand, digitization often causes tension and concern with regard to its implementation and consequences. On the other hand, its potential to make processes easier, more transparent, more accessible and more responsive is still enormous. Therefore, all […]

At Setlog, we offer software for Supply Chain Management. But what exactly is to be managed? What is today’s supply chain anyway? What is the supply chain? Basically, the supply chain encompasses the entire logistics chain, from the producer to the end customer. In order for a product to be developed from raw materials, transported […]