All of Nikon Europe’s incoming and outgoing goods, warehousing and value-added services are being handled by DHL Solutions as part of a deal covering Europe and Africa.
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The revised version of the ELA’s ‘Terminology of Logistics’ is now available. In order to work effectively along physical and information chains, logistics professionals use a number of terms that, while in frequent use, are rarely defined.
As part of its ongoing commitment to safe operations, TDG has invested a further £25,000 in its vehicle maintenance programme – it has introduced tracking units across its fleet of ADR networked trailers.
This summer, the ELA Research and Development Committee brought together 20 PhD students from 11 European countries for a workshop at a beautiful venue in Monchy-St-Eloi, near Paris. Hosted by AFT-IFTM and sponsored by DHL Switzerland, the ninth ELA doc
As Logistics Manager was going to press, Morrisons said it was in talks with both the TGWU and the GMB over the outcome of their recent ballots, which were “held in pursuit of their desire for joint national bargaining” with the supermarket chain.
To gain the benefits of outsourcing, many firms will have either to become more adept at the process as a core competency or be willing to outsource the outsourcing process istself.
Still has bought a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz Vito compact vans for its 24/7 UK service coverage. The new vehicles are in Still’s livery, and are integral to the company’s fast callout response, helping to reduce customer downtime.
McDonald’s UK distributor Golden West Foods have put their first ever Volvos – 30 new I-Shift equipped Volvo FM12 tractor units – into service at its Basingstoke depot.
While car industry chiefs usually highlight labour costs and productivity as the main drivers of change, the supply chain holds the potential for some big wins
— and ones that are perhaps more immediately
realisable.
BP has selected third-party logistics provider Exel to manage the 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week consolidated distribution of frozen, chilled, and ambient goods to its 340-plus forecourt stores in the UK. Exel is creating a 15,163sq m ded
