Elekta, the manufacturer of equipment for the treatment of cancer and brain disorders, has selected inventory planning and forecasting technology from Inform to help it deliver replacement parts to customers in the quickest possible time.
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Clarkson Securities has launched the Container Freight Swap Agreement, an over the counter cash-settled swap that will settle against the Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s newly created Shanghai Containerised Freight Index.
Zetes has launched ePOD, which combines smartcard technology, RFID and barcode scanning to help optimise tracking and tracing, while reducing returns, claims and shrinkage.
The MIT Centre for Transportation & Logistics in the United States is carrying out a study of Supply Chain Risk Management and is inviting supply chain, business and financial management professionals to take part in a survey.
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Wincanton has rolled out a web-based health, safety, and environmental management system across 400 of its UK sites, following a three-month pilot.
DPD and Interlink have launched a system for giving customers a one hour window for their home deliveries.
Capgemini has acquired on-demand purchasing systems provider IBX, including what it claims is the industry’s first global end-to-end procurement-as-a-service offering.
Mobexx has added a Xenon flash-equipped 2T Hydrus Luna to is range of customisable ultra-rugged hand-held computers.