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Freight costs: Pandemic brings record prices until well after Christmas

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    Supply Chain Management

• Setlog experts see no easing until Chinese New Year 2022.• Container prices from China to Europe crack the 20,000 US dollar mark.• Some traders announce price increases. (Bochum, 24.08.2021). The festive season will be spoiled for importers of consumer goods from Asia this year: The reasons are a lack of freight capacities and exploding […]

Personnel: Software company Setlog expands management level

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• CTO Dmitry Chaykin is managing director for IT.• Manager drives technical development of SCM software OSCA. (Bochum, 07/26/2021) Setlog’s long-time Chief Technical Officer, Dmitry Chaykin (46), has been appointed Managing Director for IT. Chaykin joins the founding partners, Guido Brackelsberg, Ralf Duester and Jakob Gielen, to lead the Bochum-based software house with more than […]

BLG LOGISTICS new partner of HALLHUBER fashion label

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• Company provides value-added services for stores and manages distribution in Hörsel (Thuringia). BREMEN, 01-06-2021 – Since November, BLG LOGISTICS has been the new logistics partner of the HALLHUBER fashion label. The logistics service provider headquartered in Bremen has entered into a long-term contract, which also includes value-added services, with the Munich fashion label HALLHUBER […]

Personnel: New head of Setlog Corp. in New York

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• Niklas Kirwel will take over the North American operations as CEO and new head of Setlog Corp. on July 1.• Former US CEO Ralf Duester becomes Chairman of the Board. (Bochum, 07/01/2021). Cologne-based manager Niklas Kirwel (40) has been appointed CEO of the New York-based SCM software provider Setlog Corp. Setlog co-founder Ralf Duester, […]

7 Key Measures for the Supply Chain Act 2023!

    Sustainability & CSR

The Supply Chain Act, which took its first shape in the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, has now been passed by the German parliament in June 2021. This decision was preceded by many critical discussions.  “The Supply Chain Act is important because we should not continue to build our prosperity on poverty and human […]

Setlog adapts SCM software OSCA to new market situation

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• Five OSCA solutions are available to customers.• Implementation of the Supply Chain Act even easier.• IT experts see no risk of higher costs due to the new law. (Bochum, 06/15/2021) The software house Setlog has always seen the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) as part of the entire […]

Jakob Gielen

    Life at Setlog

„In what department do you work and what’s your job title?“ I am a member of the Executive Board and responsible for Administration & Finance of all companies of the Setlog Group. Some say CEO, some call it CFO. That’s both right, even if I prefer to define it less narrowly myself. „What exactly are […]

woom digitizes supply chains for faster availability of children’s bicycles

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• Austrian bike specialist starts with complete digitalization of the supply chain. • The manufacturer is using the SCM software “OSCA” from the German provider Setlog. (Klosterneuburg/Wien, 4/22/2021). The company woom takes another step toward a comprehensive digitalisation of its orders and shipping: The Austrian children’s bike producer based in Klosterneuburg near Vienna has commissioned the […]

Fashion logistics: Jack Wolfskin drives digitalization forward

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    Supply Chain Management

• Suppliers transfer transport bookings via REST API interface to carrier in the USA.• SCM software OSCA from Setlog brings more transparency to the supply chain. (Bochum, 03/30/2021). Outdoor clothing specialist Jack Wolfskin recently completed a milestone in the digitalization of its value chain. At the end of January, “Forwarder Booking API” from Setlog’s SCM […]

Covid-19: Commerce groans under high freight rates and orders fewer goods

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• Setlog’s annual pandemic report shows orders are down by almost a quarter.• Consumer goods arrived an average of five days late – despite ocean freight costs of up to $10,000 per container. (Bochum 04/08/2021). The Corona pandemic placed a heavy burden on manufacturers and importers of consumer goods over the past twelve months. On […]