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Supply Chain Act: Technology to implement regulations is in place

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    Sustainability & CSR

• 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 […]

Chinese New Year slows down deliveries from China

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    Supply Chain Management

• 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 […]

MUSTANG will manage its supply chain with OSCA software in the future

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    Supply Chain Management

• 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 […]

Brexit: Medium-sized companies neglect preparations for customs clearance

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    Supply Chain Management

• Setlog’s SCM expert advises shippers to take care of this issue.• If customs documents are missing, the goods will be left behind.• Topics such as free trade agreements and third country customs duties are still unresolved. (Bochum, 12/01/2020). With warehouses full and goods not picked up yet, the situation that companies will face with […]

Transport capacity shortage in China

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    Supply Chain Management

• Ships from China to Europe are fully booked.• Lack of air freight capacity.• Rates are sharply rising – for sea, rail and air freight transports. (Bochum, 12/03/2020) No matter the size of the company, companies throughout Europe that purchase goods in Asia and especially in China are struggling with supply bottlenecks and rapidly growing […]

Hallhuber controls supply chain with Setlog´s software OSCA

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    Supply Chain Management

• Munich based fashion specialist opts for SCM platform “Made in Bochum“. • Complete control over the supply chain from the suppliers to the central warehouse.  (Bochum, 9/22/2020). The fashion specialist Hallhuber has established a reliable, global network of suppliers for several years. In order to make Hallhuber‘s supply chains more transparent, the company is now […]

Covid-19: Bottlenecks in transport capacities increase before China‘s Golden Week

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    Supply Chain Management

• 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, […]

Coronavirus: Transport market for fashion recovers

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    Supply Chain Management

Turkey overturns quarantine regulations for foreign truck drivers.  Air freight rates for Chinese imports are falling, but are still three times higher than before Covid-19.  Rates for rail transport on the new Silk Road are relatively stable. (Bochum, 06/05/2020) Light at the end of the tunnel: The transport market for the fashion industry is recovering. […]

Coronavirus: Fashion industry fights against the flood of clothes

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    Supply Chain Management

Delayed mass deliveries from Asia trigger container congestion. Higher logistics costs and discount battles threaten the financial situation of companies. Drayage doubles to twelve days on average. (Bochum, 05/04/2020) A flood of late arriving goods from Asia is currently putting the fashion industry under pressure. Since the logistics centers have been full due to the lockdown, […]

Coronavirus: Delayed deliveries of textiles from Bangladesh

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    Supply Chain Management

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 […]