Deckers Outdoor Corporation, the parent company for footwear brands such as Ugg Australia, has awarded Wincanton a two year contract to manage its supply chain between Asia and the UK.
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Morrisons says it has made alternative arrangements following the news Entertainment UK, the wholesale division of Woolworths Group, has gone into administration.
The Fast Moving Consumer Goods/Consumer Packaged Goods category was hard fought this year with four good entries from C&C Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Hero and Kimberly-Clark.
Once again the Retail & Distribution category drew plenty of entries and brought past contestants back into competition with each other.
As always, this is a greatly contested category. The Telecoms, Hi-Tech & Electronics sector consistently scores highly and is typically the highest scoring sector in the awards programme owing to its unique demands and its correspondingly advanced practic
This year German companies dominated the shortlist for the Aerospace, Defence & Industrial category. What is more, this was a high scoring sector and that always makes the judging a little more difficult.
The Public Sector, Services & Utilities category is one of the most difficult awards to judge. The great diversity of entries, from power generation and railways to medical services, makes direct comparison a tough task.
In previous years the judges have been disappointed that few entries emphasised the environmental, sustainability or wider Corporate Social Responsibility aspects of their submissions.
There might be doom and gloom around in the media but our industry survey shows that supply chain professionals are a model of grace under pressure.
The Sourcing & Procurement category came down to a shortlist of three companies – British Ceramic Tile, Haldex and Hewlett Packard CDS.
