3PL & Logistics
The Market Got It Wrong Twice in One Day
Last week I had coffee with a senior executive at one of Europe’s leading enterprise software providers. We talked about my earlier article on the dot-com lessons for AI. In that article I described how we burned €28 million on e-commerce hype, because we started with...
Meinderdjan Botman’s transition to DP World
At Qwinn Business Partners, we have always prided ourselves on fostering exceptional talent and creating pathways for professional growth. Today, we celebrate a remarkable milestone as we bid farewell to our esteemed senior partner, Meinderdjan Botman, who embarks on...
The Rise of the Strategic 3PL: Logistics as a Source of Resilience
It's no secret that global supply chains are under pressure. Definitely, April 2025 was a wake-up call. With tariffs surging and trade lanes rerouting overnight, companies across industries found themselves scrambling for alternatives. And in the middle of it all...
The Power of Innovation in logistics
A couple of years ago (2018) I held a presentation on a global 3PL summit in Düsseldorf and spoke about “Innovation nurturing in the world of logistics service providers”. The year before (2017) I got hooked up to the world of innovators, start-ups & scale-ups....