Martijn Graat

Strong supplier relationships don't just feel nice. They deliver concrete advantages: better pricing, knowledge transfer, supply chain resilience, and innovations you'd never reach through a standard RFP. Joe Adamski of @ProcureAbility breaks it down 👇 buff.ly/cUgXN7D

Anyone can click "Add to Cart." But when stock runs out or a shipment is late, that transactional supplier won't go out of their way for you. The ones who will? The ones you've built a real relationship with. Here's why that matters in procurement 👇 buff.ly/cUgXN7D

What if instead of regional distribution centres, you held critical inventory in orbit and deployed it exactly where needed, in minutes? That's not a thought experiment anymore. @InversionSpace is building it. The implications are huge 👇 buff.ly/v6LMT8E

Listen to the Does Logistics Matter? Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. In Episode 22, Talent and Recruitment specialist Radu Palamariu of Alcott Global talks about: What the future of work will look like, and if robots will take over, and more... #SupplyChain #Talent

Most people think a TMS is a planning tool. Something that gets goods from A to B. That description was accurate 20 years ago. Today's TMS tracks, reacts, reroutes, and manages execution in real time. Descartes' Elmer Spruijt explains what's changed 🎧 buff.ly/T64lfUt

Tech, trends, and new suppliers are all great reasons to attend a conference. My favourite part? The networking. Being inspired by people's stories, learning from them, and sharing mine. Here's where to find those conversations in Europe in 2026 👇 buff.ly/V9n9m6e

An AI agent called Debbie has now made 700,000 calls to truck drivers, helping over 420,000 of them get connected to tracking systems. Previously done by human teams. Expensive, slow, impossible to scale. This is what AI actually looks like in logistics 👇 buff.ly/T64lfUt

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." 2 million years of human history say collaboration wins. So why does procurement still treat suppliers as names on a screen? New read 👇buff.ly/cUgXN7D

Over 70% of shoppers abandon their cart when delivery takes more than 2 days. That's not a marketing problem. That's a fulfilment problem. Here's how to know when it's time to hand it off to a 3PL 👇 buff.ly/V9X35HR

Planning your conference calendar for 2026? I've put together a full list of supply chain and logistics events across Europe: from LogiMat in Stuttgart to Breakbulk in Rotterdam and everything in between. Save this one 👇 buff.ly/V9n9m6e

The biggest risk in supply chain digitalisation isn't picking the wrong technology. It's not starting at all. Davy Baars from @ConnectedLoadCarrier on what actually needs to happen before the first sensor is installed 🎧 buff.ly/NGW70X5

Railroads unlocked industrial distribution. Container shipping made global manufacturing viable. Air freight created time-sensitive commerce. Each breakthrough seemed radical, until it didn't. Space-based logistics is next. Here's what it means for you 👇 buff.ly/v6LMT8E

60% of online retailers already outsource at least part of their fulfilment. The ones who wait too long? They're the ones spending leadership time packing boxes instead of growing the business. Know the signs 👇 buff.ly/V9X35HR

The biggest efficiency gains in a digital supply chain don't happen inside your organisation. They happen at handovers between organisations, where paperwork piles up, data gets re-entered, and responsibility gets blurred. That's where to focus first 👇 buff.ly/NGW70X5

Listen to the Does Logistics Matter? Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. In Episode 65 Elmer Spruijt, VP Transportation Management EMEA at Descartes talks about: Real-time visibility and data collection, AI agents, and smart automation. #Logistics #AI #Podcast

On the Does Logistics Matter? podcast, Ryan from @Warematch shares how a distribution company accidentally became a tech startup,and why the way buyers search for 3PL partners is changing faster than most of the industry realises. #logistics #podcast 🎧 buff.ly/nAPWgfM

Every e-commerce brand starts the same way: packing orders from a spare room or small warehouse. At some point, that stops working. The question is: how do you know when you've hit that point? We have the guide 👇 buff.ly/V9X35HR

Listen to the Does Logistics Matter? Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Answering YES! in Episode 54 is Archie Garcia, CEO of Fluent Cargo. In this episode: * The challenges of supply chain data * The role of data standardisation * And the role of AI #SupplyChain #AI

What if your warehouse was in orbit? Aerospace company Inversion has built a space-based delivery vehicle called Arc that can drop cargo anywhere on earth in under an hour. No airports. No roads. This is what the next logistics frontier looks like 👇 buff.ly/v6LMT8E

Walk into any modern warehouse: impressive tech, slick operations. Now try finding that warehouse as a shipper: cold calls, outdated directories, gut feel. The internal machinery of logistics is miles ahead of how it gets bought and sold. New episode 👇 buff.ly/nAPWgfM