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Most companies will tell you that recruiting graduates whom they can later train in logistics, is an important part of their recruitment strategies. But there is one company that has chosen to follow a different route. Experience has shown

True grit and perseverance are characteristics a woman needs to reach the top in what is otherwise an almost wholly male-dominated industry. Karen Hester, operations director at Adnams Brewery, has plenty of both.

Deciding whether or not to opt for an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or best-of-breed system has long been a difficult decision for logistics providers. Historically, ERP systems have been thought of as cumbersome, restrictive, and costly. As a result

Have you ever thought that the warehouse floor slab might just be the most important part of your sophisticated new distribution centre? All other elements of the process are affected (for good or bad) by the quality and durability of the floor slab.

Running out of warehouse space? There are a number of options: you could move to a larger site or build an additional warehouse. But these are relatively expensive options and the smart solution might well be to install a mezzanine floor or an oversailing

It’s not often you get fundamental disagreements over the technological direction an industry should take. In the commercial vehicle market, there was a disagreement about eighty years ago over whether steam or diesel was the way forward

Air cargo is a $50 billion business that is losing competitiveness, according to Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association

A huge amount of work is going on in the Gulf states to secure their economic future as oil revenues decline. A huge new airport is being built at Abu Dhabi, while fifty miles down the road in Dubai

The pallet freight network sector has arguably been the success story of the noughties. Now there are nine networks battling it out for market share.