Chatbots and IoT: New Opportunities for Logistics
waste on the transport route. Another group came up with chatbots that provide useful additional information during a web session and cross-sell or up-sell. I was also really excited by the approach of [...] providers are currently fighting on two fronts. On one hand, they are up against their traditional competitors, but also against start-ups and digital giants like Amazon, Alibaba and Uber, which offer new [...] massively. In the future, logistics companies will therefore focus even more on this topic. Asvin Goel: Up to now, every single actor along the supply chain had information about his assets, but could not easily
Air Cargo Market Structure, Intermodal Competition, and Prices: Evidence from Chinese Imports from Europe
has focused only on air passenger travel (e.g Alderighi and Gaggero, 2017). Our contribution starts filling up this gap by examining the impact of air cargo market structure on shipment price and the share
Certificate program ENLOP
submitted: 20 or more working days before the start of the event, you will receive a full refund minus a 10 percent processing fee 5 to 19 working days before the start of the event, you will receive a 50 percent [...] side of the visited country during the networking dinner and look back on the events of the day. Meet up with the other participants for various leisure activities and explore interesting cities in Europe [...] networking, academic insights and visiting interesting universities and cities. Thank you KLU for setting up such a unique program! Marco Sperling, ENLOP 2022, DLH The lessons featured excellent content and the
How to avoid US$106bn excess inventories in the next economic crisis
y to sudden drops in demand that were observed after that start of the financial crisis. While many firms have allowed inventories to creep up significantly, other firms have carefully managed inventories [...] researchers have analyzed how firms have managed their inventories in the Financial Crisis to free up cash and to avoid inventory surpluses. The findings suggests that firms need to be aware, motivated [...] firms. The data shows that average inventories (measured in days of supply) peaked one year after the start of the crisis and typically only recovered 18 months into the crisis. Excess inventory of those firms
Psychology of Leadership – New Book and Online Course
meetings be held? How can organizational culture be shaped? KLU professor Niels Van Quaquebeke teamed up with renowned German publishing house ZEIT Verlag to produce a practice-oriented book and online course [...] in psychology. “You have to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you lead before you can start to lead and motivate others,” explains Van Quaquebeke. “Leading other people is not about being the
KLU Start-Up Day 2019
engaging discussions: KLU’s Start-Up Day 2019 provided an extensive overview of fresh ideas and new solutions in the logistics sector. The event that started in 2017 with just 11 start-ups saw 300 attendants and [...] and more than 40 start-ups in its third edition on February 8, 2019. We’ll continue the tradition!
How KLU Alumnus Kim Developed His Own App in Mexico
quite some experience when it comes to living, studying, and making friends abroad. In Mexico, he started developing his own app. Sport12 brings solitary athletes together to join a game. Kim Kaiser knows [...] undertaken an internship in Madrid. But it was that semester abroad in Mexico that seems to have kick-started Kaiser’s passion to pursue developing his own sports app, Sport12 . Kim couldn’t wait to return [...] your own club.” To make his idea a reality, Kim spent a year participating in an incubator program, Startup México, which helped him with legal and financial support. “Obviously, this stuff is quite difficult
Moving and Changing Like Logistics: The KLU Start-Up Day 2019
exchange between logistics start-ups. Having started in 2017 with 11 start-ups, this year’s third edition of the event, held on February 8, attracted more than 40 start-ups. Three parallel sessions presented [...] major achievement since international start-ups have to put up with a longer trip in order to present here. Besides these fresh faces, were there any returning start-ups from last year? HF: We had, for example [...] do you draw the line when it comes to a company being a start-up or not? HF: It is young, small start-up companies we want to look at. A start-up should be new, innovative in terms of a cutting-edge technology