A shift to assembly work has transformed manufacturing, and Nick Allen reckons automation is now critical to fast replenishment of components for assembly
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Around 130,000 Deutsche Post employees who are covered by a collective-bargaining agreement will receive a 3.1 per cent pay raise on 1st August this year, as well as a further 2.6 per cent rise on 1st October 2014
Clarks’ group director of sales and operational planning, Dave Powell, will debate demand volatility and demand driven operations in the retail sector, at the Supply Chain Standard 1-2-1 Summit 2013
Unipart has been awarded a £1.3 million grant for advanced technologies at its Coventry site, which will create 90 new jobs
Paul Heaton has retired from Brian Yeardley after 23 years at the company’s Deep Sea and Airfreight department
Deutsche Post DHL improved its carbon efficiency by two index points in 2012 – giving it a 16 per cent improvement in carbon efficiency since 2008, according to its Corporate Responsibility Report for 2012
Online fashion retailer ASOS plans to extend its Barnsley distribution centre by 25 per cent by 2014 to provide the capacity to meet its £1 billion sales target by 2015
The concept of Sales and Operations Planning is hardly new, but a surprisingly large number of companies, 72 per cent, have only started to make use of it in the past five years, according to a survey by consultants Bearing Point
The €200 million termination fee from UPS provided a welcome boost for TNT Express in the first quarter pushing operating income to €231m. That compares with €54m in the first quarter last year
Jungheinrich UK is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “We are very proud to have reached such a significant milestone in the UK and are looking forward to our next half century working closely with our customers,” said managing director Hans-Herbert Schult
