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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. […]

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, […]

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. […]

• US fast-fashion specialist opts for SCM software “Made in Germany”.• Complete control over the supply chain from suppliers to customers. (Bochum, Germany, January 31, 2020) The New York-based company Jump Design Group has decided to implement the supply chain management software OSCA to make the global supply flows of the fast-growing clothing specialist transparent. […]

Bochum-based software house Setlog presents predicted lead times use case with Deutsche Telekom at Hannover Messe from April 1-5.  SCM and IT experts from Setlog explain advantages of the system at the International Data Space (IDS) booth in Hall 8 / C25.  (Bochum, Germany, April 1, 2019) How can companies increase their delivery reliability and […]

• Supply chain management creates transparent inspection processes for around 500 suppliers and more than 70,000 articles. • Department store chain opts for quality control module of Setlog’s OSCA supply chain software. (Bochum, October 8, 2018) Since October, the quality inspections for the entire Galeria Kaufhof product range have been controlled on a single central platform. […]

• Fashion house Peek & Cloppenburg, Düsseldorf digitalizes purchasing processes with brand-name suppliers. • Decision for Setlog’s supply chain management platform OSCA. (Bochum, November 7, 2018) Peek & Cloppenburg is optimizing the digitalization of its supply chain. In an effort to provide more than 140 stores in Europe with collections from brand suppliers more quickly, the […]

• U.S. consumer goods manufacturer CSS Industries opts for SCM software “Made in Germany”. • Supply chain digitized in just three months. Download: CSS goes live with Setlog´s supply chain system OSCA (Photo: CSS Industries) (New York/Bochum, 20.8.2018) In August, U.S.-based CSS Industries launched Setlog´s supply chain software Osca SCM. After a three-month implementation, the […]