We are thrilled to celebrate being named one of the Best Workplaces in Europe for the 13th time! This achievement is a testament to our amazing team, whose dedication makes our workplace exceptional.

Our people are our greatest strength, and this recognition highlights their collective efforts. This accolade is based on anonymous survey data that assesses employee experiences of trust, innovation, company values, and leadership. It’s a true reflection of the positive environment we have cultivated together.

We are immensely proud of this achievement, which underscores the power of a strong, united team. Our culture of trust and collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. At Centiro, we prioritize creating a culture that values teamwork, innovation, and the well-being of our employees. Through our commitment to talent development and team empowerment, we’ve not only achieved sustainable business success but also positioned ourselves for future growth and continued customer satisfaction.

What is Great Place to Work - Best Workplaces in Europe™?

Great Place to Work identifies the Best Workplaces in Europe by analyzing companies’ workplace programs and surveying over a million employees across multiple countries about the key factors that create great workplaces for all. To be considered, companies must first be identified as outstanding in their local region.

We are thrilled to announce that Centiro has once again been awarded the Platinum Level by EcoVadis, placing us within the top 1% of companies worldwide in environmental, social, and ethical performance for the third consecutive year. This prestigious recognition underscores our unshakable commitment to sustainability and highlights the ambitious goals we have set for ourselves and our value chain.

At Centiro, sustainability is deeply embedded in our DNA. Our dedication to being the best we can be is ongoing and never sleeps. This award is a testament to our continuous efforts to integrate sustainable practices across all areas.

Our journey towards a sustainable future is driven by purposeful actions and ambitious goals, ensuring a positive impact not just within our organization, but across the global value chain. We will continue to lead by example and make sustainability the core of business excellence, ensuring that we not only meet but exceed the high standards we have set for ourselves.

About EcoVadis and the Rating System

EcoVadis is a globally recognized provider of business sustainability ratings, evaluating companies on their environmental, social, and ethical performance, among other criteria. The rating system includes four levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The Platinum level is the highest rating, placing companies in the top 1% worldwide. This rigorous assessment process ensures that only the most committed and effective organizations achieve this prestigious status.

Centiro is recognized as a Representative Vendor in 2024 Gartner Market Guide for Multicarrier Parcel Management Solutions. 

What is in the Report
"As parcel deliveries grow and returns remain at a high level, supply chain technology leaders seek multicarrier parcel management solutions to optimize costs and services while maximizing capacity."

Key Findings
"Global parcel delivery volumes continue to grow, despite macroeconomic challenges and significant regional variations.

Issues around flexibility and customer experience continue to grow in tandem with demand, despite inflationary pressures and the partial reduction in delivery capacity constraints. These increases, spurred by multichannel retail and B2B e-commerce, are unlikely to reduce.

Companies are faced with increased parcel delivery costs, driven by fuel and labor cost inflation, and shippers often lack the tools to optimize their transportation spend effectively.

Most providers of ERP, transportation management systems (TMS), order management systems (OMS) and warehouse management systems (WMS) do not specialize in parcel capability. Rather, they partner with a noncompeting multicarrier parcel management solution (MCPMS) to support their customers. This leaves users
with a gap in capability and need for a stand-alone solution."

Strategic Planning Assumption
"By 2028, global parcel delivery volumes will increase by approximately 40%."

We're thrilled to announce that Centiro has once again secured a top position among Large Organizations (+250 employees) in Sweden's Best Workplace rankings by Great Place to Work®. This remarkable achievement marks a significant milestone in our journey, as we've been on this prestigious list for an exceptional fifteen years.
 
Our commitment to creating a vibrant and inclusive work environment, where innovation thrives and teams excel, has remained strong throughout these fifteen years. Consistently ranking in the top 10 stands as evidence of our unwavering dedication to our culture and core values.
 
At Centiro we emphasize the importance of fostering a culture that values collaboration, creativity, and employee well-being. Our strategic focus on nurturing talent and enabling our team members to unleash their full potential has been fundamental in driving sustainable business outcomes and delivering value to our customers.
 
Since 2019 we are named Great Place to Work Legend™, a testament to our long-term mission to lead by example and drive positive change in the world. As we embark on the next chapter of our journey, we remain dedicated to enhancing our workplace even further for the years ahead.
 
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.

Centiro has been awarded UPS Ready® Partner of the Year for 2023. This second consecutive award has been granted in recognition of consistently superb support of UPS services, extraordinary collaboration efforts, and exemplary performance as a UPS Ready® provider.

Centiro has earned both FedEx Diamond Tier and the FedEx Compatible Envision Award for 2024. The awards reflect outstanding achievements and growth as FedEx Compatible Partner during 2023.

Earlier this month, Centiro was honored to take the stage at the Manhattan Exchange event, a gathering that brings together industry leaders and peers in supply chain and omnichannel commerce. Manhattan awarded us "Technology Partner of the Year", recognizing our collaborative spirit and leading technical solutions that make a lasting positive impact on our joint customers' business and supply chain performance.

It’s a testament to the dedication and expertise of our team and a reflection of the strong collaborative bond we share with Manhattan. Our synergistic partnership, founded on mutual respect and shared goals, has enabled us to push boundaries and redefine industry standards together with customers that want to push further.

We thank Manhattan for this acknowledgment. It is a humbling reflection of our journey thus far, reflecting both past achievements and the promise of a bright and innovative future in supply chain and commerce.

We are excited to announce that Centiro has once again been awarded the Platinum Level by EcoVadis, marking our sustained excellence in environmental, social, and ethical performance and securing our position within the top 1% of companies assessed worldwide.

Sustainability is embedded in Centiro's DNA, and this recognition from EcoVadis highlights our continuous dedication to ethical practices and environmental stewardship. The annual EcoVadis assessment rigorously evaluates several areas, including business ethics, environmental impact, and social factors, ensuring a comprehensive review of our sustainability initiatives.

Centiro is recognized as Partner of the Year by UPS who just announced their first-ever UPS Ready® Partner Awards, and we’re thrilled!

“We’re humbled and very proud to be recognized as the very first Partner of the Year awardee, marking a pinnacle moment in our 20+ year history of working with UPS. It highlights how joint innovation solves real-world problems, and how we continue to push boundaries in a collaborative spirit with the customer in focus” says Niklas Hedin, CEO & Founder of Centiro.

Sean McCarthy, Director at UPS Ready® motivates the award, “The level of engagement displayed by the Centiro team is phenomenal – Their intelligent and highly motivated team allows us to easily meet customers’ shipping needs with speed and precision. Centiro’s expansion has been highly successful due to their customer-centric, ‘whatever it takes' attitude. Through their proactive engagement with UPS Ready®, they have proven that no challenge is too complex when it comes to providing world-class solutions to our joint customers.”

Centiro is recognized as a Representative Vendor in Gartner 2022 Market Guide for Multicarrier Parcel Management Solutions. 

What is in the Report
"As parcel deliveries and returns accelerate, focus on MCPMS is growing as organizations aim to optimize parcel management processes while reducing costs, improving service and maximizing capacity."

Key Findings
Parcel and last-mile delivery, which accelerated during the COVID-19 crisis, remain the fastest-growing shipment segments. 

Issues around constrained delivery capacity and customer experience continue to grow in tandem with demand, despite recent inflationary pressures. These increases, spurred by multichannel retail and B2B e-commerce, are unlikely to reduce. 

Companies are faced with increased delivery costs, driven by fuel and labor cost inflation, and shippers often lack the tools to optimize their transportation spend effectively. 

Most TMS and WMS providers do not specialize in parcel capability. Rather, they partner with a multicarrier parcel management solution (MCPMS) to support their customers. 

Disclaimer
Gartner, Inc., Market Guide for Multicarrier Parcel Management Solutions, September 28, 2022.By Analysts Simon Tunstall, Brock Johns, Rishabh Narang, Oscar Sanchez Duran. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 

GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

Centiro achieves Platinum Level in the assessment of environmental, social, and ethical performance performed by EcoVadis. With this year’s score, Centiro ranks in the top 1% of companies rated globally.

Our sustainability engagement is rated annually by EcoVadis. They evaluate how well a company has integrated the principles of sustainability into its business and management system. The assessment is evidence-based and covers business ethics, work environment, environment and energy footprint, procurement, important social factors, and more.

Centiro is positioned in the May 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks (MESCBNs). 

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Centiro once again ranked at the top of Sweden's Best Workplaces list in the Large Organizations category (+250 employees), coming in at number two. The prize was awarded by Great Place to Work®, during their 2022 Award Ceremony on March 31. 

It’s a big win to retain our high ranking on the GPTW top list - the consistency of ranking top 10 for over thirteen years in a row, puts a halo on our strategic focus - our colleagues, and how they are unleashed in creativity and empowered to create value for our customers, solving important problems in the process. It’s well beyond the thought of creating a nice place to work - it’s at the very core of our idea to think, lead and organize differently, to create better and sustainable business outcomes, and ultimately, try to make the world a little better by leading by example. As a Great Place to Work top list long-timer, we also retain the prestigious title Great Place to Work Legend™.  

Our culture, created and owned by the organization, is the foundation of Centiro – the personality of our organization which sets us apart, defines who we are, and shapes who we aspire to be. More than a decade of prestigious rankings on the GPTW list is humbling, yet again reaffirms that we are on the right track, for decades to come. 

GPTW® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation. 

The award for Swedish Quality is the most prestigious national quality accolade and this year it is awarded to Centiro.  

Since 1992, SIQ - the Swedish Institute for Quality, has awarded the Swedish Quality Award to companies who long-term and systematically develop their work with quality and improvement at an organizational level, and thereby achieve sustainable success.  

“The employees' clear customer focus and passionate commitment are important factors behind the success. In addition, there is a large and successful focus on innovation and sustainability”, says Anders Mellberg Chairman of SIQ's judging committee about Centiro receiving the award. 

The five areas that determine who receives the award are the ability to create value with customers and stakeholders, lead for sustainability, involve motivated employees, develop value-creating processes and work with improvements and create innovations. 

The jury's motivation 

Centiro is an innovator of cloud services for managing flows of goods in e-commerce, logistics and industry. World-leading companies and brands, in more than 175 countries, use their solutions. The company has strong growth, good financial sustainability and thus contributes to leading the focus on sustainability in logistics.  

For Centiro, employees are the company's most important resource and great emphasis is placed on creating a culture where everyone feels involved in the company's success. The strong culture means that there is courage to challenge traditional norms and established approaches to building value-creating services and processes.

Through innovative solutions and dedicated customer teams, Centiro has developed its processes and working methods in a unique way and created a customer-oriented business development that is world-class. Centiro is a very good role model and a worthy recipient of the Swedish Quality Award. 

Gustaf Stawåsen, CISO at Centiro says, “I believe our unique way of working with our culture, our colleagues at heart, and a partner-driven customer focus – challenge traditional structures and non-value metrics. The process with SIQ has been comprehensive in many steps, with an amazing evaluation team and great questions and discussions. A rare, rewarding and enlightening experience”.  

The Swedish Quality Award highlights role models and is given to organizations that have demonstrated significant results from their successful quality work. The operations are illuminated from a holistic perspective where strengths and opportunities for improvement are identified in detail based on the SIQ Management model, which is a basis for how organizations achieve success with their operations. 

SIQ – the Swedish Institute for Quality is the national center for business excellence in Sweden. They are a non-profit organization founded in 1990 with the support of the Swedish Government as well as their members association, private companies, institutions, and the public sector. 

Niklas Hedin, Centiro CEO says, “Challenging status quo and norms, even in quality management, to reach better outcomes for our customer, with a strong people- and culture focus has been our DNA from day one. The tireless efforts of our amazing colleagues, and a crisp vision of how we want to push the possible has now brought us to the top. I’m proud and grateful for the award, as we are now considered a reference of how sustainable success for employees, customers and other stakeholders can be achieved, without compromise”. 

After an extensive nomination process, the western regional final of the Swedish edition of EY Entrepreneur of the Year was held on Thursday evening. At the end of the event, it stood clear that our CEO, Niklas Hedin was named the winner!

EY Entrepreneur of the Year is one of the world's top awards for entrepreneurs. With the realization that successful entrepreneurs stimulate economic growth, EY annually arranges the award in order to make entrepreneurs visible, increase interest in entrepreneurship and inspire tomorrow's entrepreneurs. The competition is held at regional, national, and international level in 140 cities and in more than 60 countries.

One million employees have spoken, when Europe’s best workplaces are announced. Among thousands of companies, Centiro lands number seven spot on the list of Best Workplaces in Europe™, midsized companies.

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We are proud to announce our CEO, Niklas Hedin, as a Gold winner of the prestigious Founder of the Year Award. The Founders Alliance recognizes Niklas’ more than 20-year tenacious building of the Centiro Brand into a world-leading company through his sustainable ideas and exceptional leadership style.

On September 16, the Founders Alliance hosted the Twenty Year Anniversary Founders Gala at Stockholm City Hall, to celebrate the Founders Alliance's 20th anniversary. H.R.H. Prince Daniel was present to pay tribute to Sweden's most exceptional founders of entrepreneurial companies.

The jury’s motivation

Determined to build a company that is best for the co-worker and best for the customer, the gold winner has created an innovative global company with a unique business model. The next Swedish unicorn.

Niklas says, “The award is a pinnacle moment in life, for me personally, as well as for the company. Proud as one can be, I’m grateful to represent my amazing Centiro colleagues. Thankful for the trust from our inspiring customers. Without all of them, this awesome journey would not exist, laughter and success together would be unheard of, and joint focus where we have to rely on one another during challenging times, would not be experienced. Thank you.”

To encourage long-term, sustainable, and equal ownership, the Founders Alliance annually distributes the Annual Rings to the Founder of the Year in six different phases, from the young founder, through all the company's growth phases, to the founder who through a life effort has developed one or more companies and is a role model for other founders.

Centiro once again achieves gold level in the assessment of environmental, social, and ethical performance performed by EcoVadis.  

Our sustainability engagement is rated by EcoVadis annually, and we have achieved gold ratings since 2018. EcoVadis evaluates how well a company has integrated the principles of sustainability into its business and management system. The assessment is evidence-based and covers business ethics, work environment, environment and energy footprint, procurement, important social factors, and more.  

With this year’s score, Centiro ranks at the top ninety-seventh percentile of the rated companies by EcoVadis globally and in the top 1% of companies rated in the industry. 

If you want to know more about Centiro's commitment to a sustainable future, here is a short video, or please go to https://www.centiro.com/about-us to read more.

When you work at Centiro, you are encouraged to be yourself.

We like diversity, in gender, culture, and competence. We love introverts and extroverts alike. Crucial to our strength and success is a mindful understanding and acceptance of each individual. People working at Centiro bring a personal touch to their work; they build bridges and relationships within the organization and outside with equal respect and curiosity.

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Centiro is positioned in the May 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks (MESCBNs). 

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks, Christian Titze, William McNeill, Brock Johns, Bart De Muynck, 3 May 2021. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

We are No 1 

Great Place to Work® awards Centiro as Sweden's Best Workplace in the Large Organizations category (+250 employees).

GPTW is the global authority on workplace culture. Read more (in Swe): https://www.greatplacetowork.se/de-baesta-arbetsplatserna/sveriges-baesta-arbetsplatser-2021/ 

There is an inherent human need to organize, structure and put things in boxes, so we can maintain order and predictability. To understand, make sense. The industry nomenclature around supply chain software systems is no different. Categories and distinctions were created in a time when the world was different. And the nomenclature around parcel management, first- and or final mile has yet to catch up.

And by the way, you may or may not agree, this is my opinion. But it’s well-founded. A couple of things are making sure the maps have to be updated, and perhaps new categories invented. Digitization, Pandemic, well, I think I’ll stop right there.

Sure, we have a cloud offering in the space of Parcel Management. It does what it says on the tin really well. It’s just that it is used to do so much more, or perhaps even for other reasons than to just ship a box, and few of our customers – many of which who are changing the game out there as you read this – use that nomenclature. Piling bricks or building a cathedral? I know the winners out there think different.

Intelligent balancing of network capacity across partners. Real time, consumer-facing optimization that takes network capacity, carrier service portfolio, economy and sustainable aspects into consideration while maintaining that the important part – the promise for a given delivery date – is kept. Double-digit percentage savings while increasing capacity, reach and on-time performance. Rapid on-boarding of network partners and thousands of stores to create a virtual, digitally connected network that executes far and beyond your own assets, increasing inventory availability while shortening distance to market, resulting in strategic supply-chain capabilities on par with the biggest and best in the market. Parcel Management? Perhaps. I suggest it’s more than that.

And yes, at the core lies strong functional capabilities that seem trivial at first glance. Of course, there are additions and modules you can extend our Parcel Management offering with like visibility, financial control etc. - still functional, useful and value-creating. Couple that with a clever strategy and assemble the parts and systems in a different way than normal. Boom - that’s when magic happens, and Parcel Management as a tool and even category can move from a System of Record and Execution to become a System of Innovation – a strong catalyst that is core to the empowerment of disruptive strategy, where timelines from ideation to business impact and excellence, shrink. Where differentiation truly happens. I have a lot of good observations, which involves anything from seemingly trivial items like clothes and shoes and transformation of retail to seriously important items like enabling and controlling the distribution of vaccines to fight the corona virus.

So those are my two cents. There is of course more to talk about. There are lots of things to do, to change and to make better, smarter and faster. Perhaps you are in the middle of these challenges and are wondering how to get a grip and structured thought on what to do. Well, don’t be a stranger. This is in fact our daytime job, to help and to modernize supply chains.

In the meantime, I present you with a market guide for Multi Carrier Parcel Management Systems. It’s a good read, and our company is in it. Modules, geographic coverage and all. But I wouldn’t stop there. I encourage you to reach out, as there is so much more to talk about. We’re on a mission. Are you?

Centiro recognized as representative vendor in Gartner 2021 Market Guide for Multicarrier Parcel Management Solutions

What is in the Report

"Parcel delivery levels and returns are accelerating. Focus on MCPMS is also growing
as organizations aim to optimize process, cost, service and capacity due to ongoing
impacts of COVID-19. This research gives supply chain technology leaders an
overview of this market’s trends and leading vendors.

Parcel and last-mile delivery, already the fastest-growing shipment segments, have accelerated significantly due to the COVID-19 crisis. Issues around constrained delivery capacity and customer experience are growing in tandem with demand. These increases spurred by multichannel retail and B2B e-commerce are unlikely to reduce after the crisis passes.

Key Findings
Parcel and last-mile delivery, already the fastest-growing shipment segments, have accelerated
significantly due to the COVID-19 crisis. Issues around constrained delivery capacity and customer
experience are growing in tandem with demand. These increases spurred by multichannel retail and
B2B e-commerce are unlikely to reduce after the crisis passes.

The impacts of COVID-19 forced many organizations to quickly establish basic reactive parcel delivery capabilities to accommodate significant and rapid growth where the previous parcel share of shipments was low or nonexistent. Organizations are now looking for opportunities to optimize and consolidate their parcel shipping and increased volumes with more rate and service options.

Companies are faced with increased delivery costs, and shippers often lack the tools to optimize their transportation spend effectively.

Most TMS and WMS providers do not specialize in parcel capability. Rather, they partner with a multicarrier parcel management solution (MCPMS) to support their customers."

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Gartner, Inc., Market Guide for Multicarrier Parcel Management Solutions, February 2, 2021.By Analysts Simon Tunstall, Bart De Muynck, Oscar Sanchez Duran.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 

The Gartner document is available upon request from Centiro. 

GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

Dagens Industri has named Centiro a Gasell Company for the seventh time.  

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Niklas Hedin, Centiro’s CEO says, “I am humble and proud. Being a MästarGasell while receiving your seventh DI Gasell, is truly an extraordinary honor. The Gasells are the fastest growing companies in the country, and our appearance for the seventh time on this list speaks volumes about our sustainable growth. It is a testament to my colleagues’ commitment and ingenuity. Always looking for new ways of thinking, new ways of acting and innovative ideas. The basis for our sustainable growth is that we dare to dream. Dare to reach for the stars. Together, with focus and tenacity, anything
is possible.”

About DI Gasell
The Gasell survey by Dagens Industri (DI) ranks Sweden's most successful companies. The survey is based on the companies' four latest annual reports. Less than 1 percent of Sweden's limited companies meet the requirements for being called a Gasell Company. In order to be appointed Gasell, the company must meet all the criteria. In addition, Dagens Industri does an overall assessment of the company where additional parameters, such as showing sound activities, are weighed in.

Criteria for DI Gasell
1. Net sales in excess of SEK 10 million, according to the latest annual report.
2. At least ten employees, according to the latest annual report.
3. At least doubled their turnover, when comparing the first and last year in the four-year period.
4. Increased their sales every year for the last three years.
5. A positive overall operating result for the four latest financial years.
6. Essentially grown organically, not through acquisitions or mergers.
7. Healthy finances.

A MästarGasell has qualified as a Gasell Company for three years or more.

Reselling, recommerce, reverse commerce, recycling, second hand, circular shopping or pre-owned? No matter what you call it, pre-owned fashion has never been hotter in the retail fashion world. In fact, clothing and secondhand apparel take the largest market share of pre-owned, set to reach over $51 billion by 2023 (ThredUp 2019 Resale Report).

Time is always of the essence. Now more than ever. The digital adoption and the consumers’ shifting preferences are introducing new trends at a rate few could have predicted. These rapid behavioral changes require superiority in supply chain agility – a prerequisite for long-term success.

Centiro’s unique ability to connect delivery and service networks, allows customers to be more flexible and to efficiently control costs and services. It gives freedom to meet customer demands more fluently, compress timelines from years to weeks while still retaining robust solutions with Centiro’s standard integration with leading WMS-suites, such as Manhattan WMOS.

Centiro and DHL Supply Chain partnered up back in 2013 and DHL is using Centiro’s solutions on all five continents. Our latest collaboration empowers DHL to provide best-in-class e-commerce fulfillment- and delivery solutions with a global network of fulfillment centers.

Centiro enables DHL to provide high quality e-commerce order fulfillment and Service Level Agreement (SLA), using top-tier technology with pre-built integrations de-risking cost- and implementation timelines.

Listen to Paolo Roberto Grassi from DHL, along with Niklas Hedin and Kim Klasson from Centiro, talk about cutting timelines and staying relevant in a world where businesses face increasing amounts of uncertainty.

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Paolo Roberto Grassi
Head of IT Products MLEMEA & European Fulfillment Network (EFN) @ DHL Supply Chain
Niklas Hedin
CEO, Centiro
Kim Klasson
Strategic Account Manager, Centiro

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Centiro was awarded Newcomer of the Year at Universum's Employer Branding Awards 2020! Niklas Hedin CEO and Åsa Beronius CHRO at Centiro accepted the award. 

During the ceremony, both companies and individuals who have done "the little extra" are awarded for building a strong Employer Brand toward Young Professionals. 

Niklas Hedin says "We are happy to get this acknowledgment as we have been working with Employer Branding and being a great place to work for our colleagues since day one. The true power of Centiro comes from our passionate people. Something you immediately notice when you meet us."  

Åsa Beronius continues "This award is a testament to our colleagues positive commitment. We listen to each other and find that we have a tremendous engagement, not only within, but also outside of Centiro. Our culture is not on a piece of paper - our colleagues are the ones who upholds the Centiro way, together, every day. 

About Universum Awards 
Universum's Employer Branding Awards are held yearly and intends to pay tribute to the employers and individuals who with all their heart put extra work on building a strong Employer Brand towards talent in Sweden. This year's winners think in new ways and dare to show the way for successful Employer Branding work that aims to attract the colleagues of the future. 

Universum's Jury Motivation 
"This company has worked with Employer Branding questions in a remarkable way and reached very strong results. They show a large portion of energy and positive enforcement in strengthening the Employer Branding-questions internally. Their communication paints a broad and clear picture which attracts a lot of talent. It is almost impossible not to feel their energy, knowledge and ambition in their work. This company is a perfect role model for all who work with Employer Branding!" Read more about Universum at https://universumglobal.com/

I am happy and proud to announce that Centiro was announced on the Best Workplaces in Europe 2020-list for the tenth year! The prize was awarded by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture.

We have previously received the prestigious title, Great Place to Work Legend™ for our dedicated and long-term approach to its workplace culture efforts. Centiro’s conscious efforts relating to culture and leadership, and our focus on people have resulted in high rankings in Sweden as well as Europe since 2010.

The fact that Centiro placed on the Best Workplaces in Europe-list again and again, is a true testament to how we practice and live our culture every day. If there ever was only one quality to define the Centiro culture, it would be Relaxed Seriousness. It’s a razor-sharp aptitude for problem solving, combined with a personal and relaxed touch. That’s what a high-performing organization is about – a team of committed people acting with equal parts heart, mind and backbone.

Centiro has been a proponent of self-governing teams for a long while. This approach utilizes the drive and potential of each employee and allows many decisions to be made by the employees themselves. The result is sustainable growth – We currently employ just shy of 400 people in six countries and continues to enjoy growth averaging 30 percent per annum. Financial results and growth have a clear correlation with corporate culture strategies and the ability to keep up with changes in the market. Centiro sees a colleague as a whole and values long-term relationships with colleagues, customers, and partners. These are some of the common denominators for the workplaces around the world that have been designated as a Great Place to Work®.

The list of Europe's best workplaces is based on the biggest workplace study of its kind in the world. More than 2,800 organizations comprising 1.46 million employees from 19 European countries participated in the study, which is based on feedback from employees and information from senior managers about employee value proposition and company culture. The list identifies those organizations that are best prepared to produce great results and profitable businesses.

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Going into 2020, the retail world was already dealing with tremendous growth in merchandise returns. 

Driven by increased online sales coupled with customer friendly return policies, these factors are creating an ever-growing financial strain on retailers.

By the end of 2019 this figure had reached over $1 trillion worldwide. Every return is a pressure point on retailers’ margins. Even if the item can be resold, the increased handling of the items chips away at the margin. If items must be discounted, this further exacerbates the problem. How are retailers to deal with this coming tsunami?

Read leading industry firm IHL’s latest research on the topic, learn the five key aspects retailers need to consider when it comes to handling returns. 

Let's take a stand against gun violence. Today and every day.
IM (Individuell Människohjälp) collaborates with Centiro to enable tracking of the processes around Humanium Metal – from melted down weapons to new products and peacemaking activities.

Humanium Metal is an initiat ive by IM where confiscated illegal weapons in violence-affected countries are transformed into enriched metal –which is then sold on to leading designers and brands.

Today, Humanium Metal is used in everything from watches to artwork, with the profit made going into IM’s development work in violence-affected countries.

"It is hugely important for us that private companies such as  Centiro are involved and contribute their skills and resources. Our partnership means that we can develop the Humanium Metal project and thereby bring about further change in the countries where we operate,"says Martin Nihlgård, Secretary General at IM.

The process around Humanium Metal involves many steps, from melting down the materials all the way to a finished product in the consumer’s hands. It’s a challenge to know the whereabouts of raw materials and products in the chain, and how to move them in the best way possible. And this is a field in which Centiro has considerable experience, both with its software and wider expertise within the company.

"At a time when sustainability, circular models and the issue of how to create a better world are all in the spotlight, entering into a partnership with Humanium Metal feels perfectly natural. The idea of getting rid of illegal weapons and at the same time creating a multitude of new benefits is absolutely right. Together we can help IM’s idea gain traction as well as simplify the practical aspects of managing a fairly complex value chain across the entire world. My colleagues and I are proud to contribute to the success of Humanium Metal", adds Niklas Hedin, CEO Centiro.

When buying a product made by Humanium Metal, it is possible to track the origin of the actual raw material with the Centiro Solution. The next step is make this feature available on for all consumers. 

Centiro made it to the Top 10-list and placed number 5 when Karriärföretagen asked IT-students to rank the most attractive workplaces in Sweden.

Our placement is truly a confirmation that all the effort we have put into our workplace and culture to stay relevant for young professionals who shape our future pays off!

Karriärföretagen’s goal is to guide students towards a promising future career. Each year they post a Top 100 list of companies who have the best career- and development possibilities for young talents, where Centiro qualified earlier this year. Now the students have ranked all these companies according to who they think is the most attractive workplace and where they would like to work.

Centiro enables Zalando to Accelerate Support for Brands and Retailers during Corona-virus Crisis.

In the midst of the crisis, it has become evident that the retail industry is severely impacted. With lock-downs in several countries and less-to-no orders, brands are struggling with generating vital revenue.

Centiro placed 9th on the 50-249 Employee Category when the best places to work in Sweden 2020 were announced.

The prize was awarded at the Great Place to Work® Awards Digital Gala, which was held on April 21st.

For the sixth time, Dagens Industri has named Centiro a Gasell Company. In addition, the company is awarded the prestigious recognition MastarGasell."I am incredibly happy and proud, above all of my colleagues that made this possible. A Gasell is an honor in itself and to qualify for a sixth and also to make MästarGasell is exotic" says Centiro's CEO Niklas Hedin. "Centiro has always been about exploring. We want to see how far we can take our ideas, and our customers are always with us on that journey, which is the basis for our growth. We have joint ambitions where development, profitability and sustainability over time, are in focus" continues Niklas.

About DI Gasell
The Gasell survey of Dagens Industri ranks Sweden's most successful companies. The survey is based on the companies' four latest annual reports. Less than 1 percent of Sweden's limited companies meet the requirements for being called a Gasell Company. In order to be appointed Gasell, the company must meet all the criteria. In addition, DI does an overall assessment of the company where additional parameters, such as showing sound activities, are weighed in.

Criteria for DI Gasell
1. Net sales in excess of SEK 10 million, according to the latest annual report.
2. At least ten employees, according to the latest annual report.
3. At least doubled its turnover, when comparing the first and last year in the four year period.
4. Increased their sales every year for the last three years.
5. A positive overall operating result for the four latest financial years.
6. Essentially grown organically, not through acquisitions or mergers.
7. Healthy finances.

A MästarGasell has qualified as a Gasell Company for three years or more.

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