The key to strong, lasting contacts across a supply chain, whether with customers, suppliers or colleagues, is to ensure that the right people are talking to each other constantly, at all levels, says Joan Irving, procurement director at Premier Farnel
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Wesupply, a provider of on demand, fully configurable supply chain execution solutions, has incorporated a new container tracking solution into its product offering. The new solution allows organisations to track the status of a container at any time. W
Westler Foods has installed ATMS’ StockTrackPLUS warehouse management system with RF terminals for production receipt and finished goods control. The development follows the decision to take its distribution and warehousing in-house followin
Preston-based clothing wear manufacturer CCM, part of the Johnson Service Group, is using Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express to deliver up to three million garments per year as part of a £500,000 contract.
The DTI has yet to publish its draft legislation implementing the latest European General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) and is running some 12 months late. However, a survey by City law firm CMS Cameron McKenna reveals business is concerned that
PD Logistics has signed a three-year contract with Expamet Building Products (EBP) and IG to manage UK distribution from their manufacturing plants at Hartlepool in Teesside, and Cwmbran, South Wales. The £7M contract starts in Januar
L’Oréal‘s new 23,870sq m high-tech distribution centre located on the Green Property’s Electric Park scheme in Trafford Park has been finished three weeks ahead of schedule and on budget by sbh.uk. The project was carried out for investment group T
Witron has unveiled its new Case Order Machine (COM), a component of the fully automated picking system Order Picking Machinery (OPM). By using an OPM case goods with the most varied SKU characteristics and dimensions can be picked without the need
A new £100M growth fund to help drive forward a vision for the economy of the North of England was launched in September by the three Northern Regional Development Agencies (One Northeast, Yorkshire Forwards and the Northwest Development Agency). The grow
High street retailer Boots has contracted Exel to store and distribute its Christmas giftware lines as part of a six-year deal worth around £40M. The operation is based at a 34,410sq m distribution centre near Worcester which Boots has lease
