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Pernod to take Wincanton partnership beyond 20-year milestone
Wincanton has won a five-year warehousing and distribution contract renewal with Pernod Ricard UK, which will see the supply chain specialist take responsibility of Pernod’s UK warehousing, repacking and customer delivery transport operations...

Britain has best railway, says new CILT president
The European Commission reckons Britain has the best railway in Europe and is urging other member states to follow and adapt to the UK rail system, according to Jim Steer, the new president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport...

Deutsche Post introduces electric vehicles to Bonn
Deutsche Post DHL plans to help make Bonn the first city in Germany with a carbon-free vehicle concept, when it switches its delivery services there to electric vehicles...

Telegraph wins for Smith News and Menzies
Both Smiths News Trading and Menzies Distribution have won contract renewals with the Telegraph Media Group, which will see its newspaper wholesaling agreements extended from to October 2019...

Features

Automation- the vital component
A shift to assembly work has transformed manufacturing, and Nick Allen reckons automation is now critical to fast replenishment of components for assembly...

Big deals
The supply of Grade A space has been falling but home delivery growth is opening the way for new investment...

Case Studies

Integrated chocolate platform
Belgian chocolate maker Godiva currently has a 400-strong workforce and produces more than 2 million kilos of chocolate in Europe...

Community Foods boosts accuracy for organics
Community Foods, a supplier of natural and organic foods and drinks, has improved stock recording accuracy by 15 per cent in just six months using Balloon One’s wireless warehouse management system, Accellos...

Viewpoint

Is it time to talk growth?
Touch wood, fingers crossed: people are starting to talk seriously about growth in logistics again...

Skills for global supply chains
China now has 2,600 colleges offering logistics qualifications...