Sales staff at SCC were sometimes hesitant to sell an item if the inventory listed only one or two items, as they didn’t want to let customers down if numbers proved to be slightly wrong. But a new system means that everyone is confident that if the syste
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Wincanton has chosen Onsite Partnership to deliver and manage the permanent workforce recruitment phase of a new distribution centre start up.
When it comes to strategic outsourcing, cost and service benefits can be taken for granted – the key factor to look for, argues NICK CULLEN, is innovation.
Calsonic Kansei which makes automotive parts for Nissan, has installed a barcode-based picking system designed and installed by Barcoding.co.uk.
Food importer Avilton Foods supplies an extensive range covering chilled, ambient and frozen products from the standard to the niche or bespoke, to meet the requirements of customers from the retail, industrial and food-service sectors.
With transport costs rising and green issues increasingly on the agenda. The FMCG sector needs to adopt a more collaborative approach to solving the sector’s distribution challenges, says Hugh Basham
According to the World Trade Organisation the yearly real growth of world merchandise exports averaged six per cent in 2005 after outstandingly strong growth of 9.5 per cent in the preceding year. With such rapid growth in global trade and with consolida
Cutting out waste is the core principle of a Lean philosophy, as those who attended the recent Unipart Logistics Supply Chain Summit found out.
Lloyd Fraser has taken delivery of a fleet of specially designed vehicles for its Wickes home delivery operation to meet the needs of health and safety directives and tightening vehicle restrictions in urban areas.
DHL has taken on the challenge of chaperoning the Special Olymic flame as it journeys around the world. Chris Muntwyler describes some of the challenges involved.
