8 news articles

  • ‘An Overemphasis on Efficiency Makes Systems Vulnerable’

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 5/13/2026

    Supply chains are at a turning point. For decades, efficiency was the main focus. But regulations, geopolitical tensions, trade shifts, climate disruptions, and AI are forcing organizations to rethink this approach. In his inaugural lecture, Professor Taher Ahmadi presents a new framework for supply chain management, arguing that future-ready supply chains must be collaborative, intelligent, circular, and resilient. They cannot rely on efficiency alone.

    Taher Ahmadi

  • Driving sustainability across the supply chain: from insight to impact

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 4/22/2026

    Supply chains are under growing pressure from sustainability demands, geopolitical tensions, scarce raw materials, and regulation. Nyenrode researched a practical methodology that maps the sustainability impact of products across the entire supply chain. The key takeaway: perfection is not a requirement.

    SIVAA podcast recording

  • "There are many versions of reality"

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 3/25/2021

    Does one’s perception of reality influence a social scientist’s choice for his or her research method?

  • New research reveals why supply chains urgently need innovation

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 3/18/2021

    Supply chain managers need to be much more proactive in setting up and improving business models according to research from Professor Jack van der Veen from Nyenrode Business University. In his recent white paper ‘Implementation of new Supply Chain Business Models: risk management in cross-border trade', he seeks to understand how new business models can be developed through taking a supply chain perspective.

  • Logistics and trade in the time of corona: together we are stronger

    Type: Opinion
    Publication date: 3/23/2020

    There is a common goal which is namely to "defeat" the common enemy the coronavirus and all its imminent consequences. We can only do this together. Within logistics, supply chain and international trade, we have long known what this looks like but now we must come together and act.

    Jack van der Veen

  • The psychology of bulk buying explained

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 3/20/2020

    The reason we are panic buying due to the imminent threat of COVID-19 is because survival mode overrides any rational decision making

  • Segmentation strategy indispensable in supply chain finance

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 3/10/2020

    Always choose a type of supply chain finance that suits your business and your customers. In doing so, aim to strike the right balance and don’t be obsessed by one solution

    Toga

  • Investing in brand pays off in B2B market

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 1/22/2020

    Investing in your brand can yield a long-term competitive advantage for businesses that operate in a B2B market.

    Toga

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