Successful business decisions rely on good planning and accurate information. The problem is the more distant the planning horizon the more ‘unknowns’ enter the equation. But are there ways of mitigating the risks associated with those unknowns? Nick Alle
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Buyers of fashion products are, almost by definition, fickle. But they exert a powerful influence on the supply chain – and the nature of their requirements is changing. Johanna Parsons reports
Marks and Spencer have taken on ediTRACK’s business process tracking system to gain visibility and control of its directly sourced merchandise
French fashion brand for men Celio has more than 1,000 shops in France as well as in Spain, Belgium and Italy and also an e-retail channel
There was a time that supply chains were swamped with data. But with the systems now in place to handle live information, data capture is back in the spotlight, says Johanna Parsons
Home shopping channel QVC selected mobile solutions company Peak-Ryzex to overhaul the auto ID kit at its Knowsley distribution centre on Merseyside, which picks and despatches over 15 million units a year
Chilled distribution specialist NFT wanted to improve the processes used to handle and manage proof of delivery notes and speed up the identification and resolution of discrepancies
Supermarket group Morrisons was one of the big losers over the Christmas period reporting a fall in sales of 5.6 per cent. It put much of the blame for this on the lack of an online service reflecting the fact that this has become a critical part of the p
It’s a great way to inject finance to pay for training in the sector
DFDS Logistics has bought STEF Transport’s activities in Scotland and Newlyn, as part of a deal in which it has sold its activities in Boulogne to STEF