Norbert Dentressangle says it expects that full-year performance will be hampered by the deterioration in the business environment in the final quarter of 2008.
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Marks & Spencer is responding to the downturn in the retail market with plans to manage its supply chain more tightly.
At the time of writing we seem to be teetering on the edge of a combination of global financial meltdown and a situation where, across the world, banks are effectively nationalised. It’s enough to make Marx and Engels dance a jig.
No, this is not DHL’s answer to rising fuel prices: 50 disabled people in wheelchairs amazed crowds after they pulled this 65-tonne DHL cargo plane into the Guinness World Record books. Seated in manual wheelchairs, the 50 participants used strength and s
Under these testing economic circumstances, detailed planning and supply chain optimisation are going to be crucial factors in maintaining commercial and financial performance. But now, with global supply chains comes complexity and risk. Can technology o
Creating value in the supply chain has a close relationship with cutting out waste – and one of the best ways of removing waste from the supply chain is to automate repetitive processes that add little value.
It is axiomatic that when times are good, companies tend to focus on marketing and product development. It is when the going gets tough that the focus moves towards the supply chain and the potential savings that more efficient logistics can give.
Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg’s have seen cuts of seven per cent in their transport costs from a collaboration project run through TDG.
Commercial vehicle sales have been rising over the past year but the impact of the deteriorating financial sector is starting to be felt.
The Asia Pacific transport and logistics market is entering a period of intense uncertainty as the effects of the global economic slowdown start to be felt.
