Read the latest annual report of practically any major company and you will find lots of references to reducing inventory, conserving cash in the business, and improving sourcing practices.
Browsing: Logistics
P&O Ferrymasters has launched a less than container load service from Germany and Benelux to Ireland.
Renault has signed a contract with GEFCO’s Moroccan subsidiary to distribute 15,000 vehicles in the country in 2010.
Arla Foods is set to start using Gray & Adams variable deck trailers, which allow the company to increase load capacity of palletised milk deliveries by 50 per cent.
Peterhead-based Thistle Seafoods has signed a new distribution deal with frozen and chilled food consolidator Reed Boardall.
The CIPS/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index for manufacturing hit its highest level since 1994 last month rising to 57.2
Consolidating stock at one national hub has enabled the pub chain to improve availability as well as cut deliveries.
There is to be a very clear skills element to the government’s drive to a low carbon economy
Diesel engines might be getting cleaner and greener, but increasingly the technology is being challenged by the new generation of batteries, fuel cells and hydrogen hybrids. Malory Davies reports
Joining a third party logistics provider in the middle of a recession might reasonably be regarded as a baptism of fire, but Leigh Pomlett is now putting growth firmly back on the agenda. He talks to Malory Davies.
