It is becoming clear that the industry is starting to come to terms with the changing market conditions and companies are adjusting their strategies to match.
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Toiletry wholesaler M&S Toiletries has ordered 25 Scania trucks backed by a five-year repair and maintenance contract hire agreement.
Never has it been more important to focus on excellence in the management of the supply chain. That’s why the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards are so valuable.
When Mike Branigan joined TDG some eight years ago it was to develop a new concept – a supply chain consultancy business within a traditional third party logistics organisation – under the name SCIO.
Missile manufacturer MBDA has taken delivery of five canister rotation units (CRUs) from Stanley Handling for use in the loading of Seawolf missiles onto the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates.
There are a host of options for retrenching an existing warehouse or distribution centre. Whether it be redesigning the layout to gear it towards more cross-dock, flow-through product movement, or adding extra racking, or a mezzanine floor to boost storag
With companies under pressure to cut costs and use existing facilities more efficiently, there is a renewed focus on making the most of warehouse space – particularly through the use of narrow aisle or very narrow aisle systems.
The approach to transit packaging is changing like never before, with a number of factors, namely cost and environment, playing a major role in altering the face of the market.
According to Lambert Smith Hampton’s latest National Industrial & Distribution report, rents will drop dramatically by up to eight per cent this year and a further 3.8 per cent in 2010.
Developer Sterling Capitol has won planning permission to build two warehouses of 600,000 sq ft and 300,000 sq ft at its Capitol Park Goole development in Humberside.