UK businesses could save more than £65 billion of the £350bn spent each year on non-core goods and services through better supplier relationships and managed costs, according to procurement specialist buyingTeam.
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Dairy Farmers of Britain has awarded Lloyd Fraser’s Bulk Liquids division additional contracts worth £6 million for milk collection and distribution in North Cumbria and South Wales.
City Link plans to invest £31 million in revamping its operating model in 2009.
FedEx Express has released the first set of results from an on-road field trial using ten hybrid diesel-electric Dailys from Iveco.
Companies can no longer rely on rising sales for profit growth and are looking for cost savings – all too often in the supply chain. But the supply chain can be a much more effective competitive weapon with a little more constructive thought
Never has it been more important to focus on excellence in the management of the supply chain. That’s what makes the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards so valuable.
Apetito has replaced the bulk of its national distribution fleet with 36 trucks from Euroway Group.
Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN reckons transport operators could realistically save £650 million a year on articulated trucks alone, if drivers were trained to drive more fuel efficiently.
Sainsbury’s is to fit its 343 new trucks with TISS’ TankSafe Impregnable fuel security and safety device, in a move to cut diesel spillage and improve its environmental credentials.
The government is cracking down on the number of foreign lorries that continue to flout UK road laws. Police and VOSA enforcement officers can now, for the first time, issue on-the-spot fines to all foreign hauliers found exploiting drivers’ hours, overlo
