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.
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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.
The pressure to make business activity more environmentally friendly is intruding into more and more areas of logistics operations. So it is hardly a surprise that the latest government move is on air conditioning.
It has been said that logistics is a man’s industry, but one woman who is rapidly dispelling that myth is Pall-Ex founder and CEO Hilary Devey. “It can be very hard for women, particularly in such a male dominated environment,” she says. “But it can be do
Sika Flooring’s Nick Grounds reckons more and more owners and designers of industrial buildings are turning to dry-shake concrete floor surface hardening systems to provide the most hard wearing surface that is also attractive, easily applied and economic
Beer and wine producer Constellation increased the capacity of its £40 million distribution centre by 80,000 pallets – roughly 53 million bottles of wine – when it installed a floor from Twintec.
The purchasing and procurement arm of home improvement company Weldom is to roll out several software packages from Manhattan Associates across its entire supply network.
Thierry’s Wine Services, the wine importers has chosen Wincanton to handle its warehousing and distribution for the UK and Ireland.
