Browsing: Logistics

The introduction of road pricing to manage the demand for road space is a necessity and an inevitability, Richard Turner, chief executive of the Freight Transport Association, told delegates to the association’s summit meeting in London today.

Retailers are facing a number of tough challenges. Firstly, there is the growing demand by consumers for Fair Trade goods. This places the onus on retailers to source goods, such as cotton garments, from ethically sound producers – so salving consumer con

‘Our organisation has spent four or five years trying to define and develop what we mean by sustainable development in the supply chain, and we’ve broken the task into three areas – society, the environment, and economics,’ says Mark Barnett, chief operat

Are you geared up to take a slice of the €15.6 billion, 2007 online Christmas cake? With the ghost of Christmas past still stalking retailer’s financial results, its time leading players looked seriously at adopting an Integrated Multi Channel Retail stra

Leading consumer packaged goods companies are collaborating through the Global Upstream Initiative to design a process model and supporting XML message standards which will greatly aid supply chain integration.

Retail supply chains used to be about manufacturers sending goods to shops with the occasional wholesaler or distribution centre in between. Not any more – the extended retail supply chain goes to the shelf, the shopping basket and even the kitchen cupboa

The UK market for contract logistics is the most developed, the German market the largest – with a lower outsourcing rate – and the French market the most difficult. How are logistics service providers adapting their strategies to cope with a varied and c