Less than half of all chief information and finance officers (43 per cent) bother calculating the financial impact of outsourcing on their bottom line, according to a research report by Cognizant and Warwick Business School.
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Norbert Dentressangle has opened a new distribution centre in Hounslow, west London to improve network coverage across the south of England.
Axxom Software has launched a new version of its Orion-PI Logistics Optimisation software.
Brantwood Auto Recycling is using custom-built racking from Pro-Dek Storage Systems for storing salvaged and abandoned vehicles at a four-acre site north London.
Parcels giant UPS has taken remedial action in the wake of the theft of a laptop from one of its employees while on business abroad in October 2008.
Ceva has seen profits bounce back in the second quarter mainly as a result of its cost reduction programme.
Bacardi-Martini has chosen MDA to handle distribution of its point of sale (POS) materials following a tender exercise conducted by consultants Davies & Robson.
Avery Weigh-Tronix has introduced on-board weighing software that will warn truck drivers about overloaded axles in addition to gross overloading.
Freight Best Practice and Skills for Logistics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which agrees to a strategic plan for future joint working.
The Port of Tyne has got the go-ahead to create just over 13 acres of operational land by infilling Tyne Dock using the dredged material from the New Tyne Crossing project.