Hospital Metalcraft, manufacturers of the Bristol Maid range of medical furniture and equipment, has chosen Masternaut’s web based vehicle tracking and mobile resource management service, to boost visibility of its mobile operations.
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Environmentally-friendly heating company Energy Crops is running its new Mercedes six-wheeler on BioDiesel.
Turners (Soham) has started fitting NECK-IT units to its vehicles to help tackle the increasing problem of fuel theft from commercial vehicles.
Samsung has relocated its distribution centre, which deals in small electronics and spare parts, from the UK to Breda, the Netherlands.
Global sourcing is in danger of being perceived as ‘ungreen’. However, it is possible to source from around the world in ways that are both ethical and sustainable, and to economic advantage. But success depends on well thought-out strategies, robust proc
Building a greener supply chain is not easy with conflicting views on carbon offsetting, food miles and biofuels. Technology can help – but so can a radical review of accepted practices.
Watching the transcontinental trucks thunder down the motorway focusses the mind on all that burning diesel. Can’t we use trains more?
With transport costs rising and green issues increasingly on the agenda. The FMCG sector needs to adopt a more collaborative approach to solving the sector’s distribution challenges, says Hugh Basham
Once considered the domain of eco-warriors, such as ‘Swampy’ and Prince Charles, environmental awareness has, over the past year, been catapulted to the forefront of main-stream thinking – we are now all expected to be ‘greener’ than ‘green’.
According to the World Trade Organisation the yearly real growth of world merchandise exports averaged six per cent in 2005 after outstandingly strong growth of 9.5 per cent in the preceding year. With such rapid growth in global trade and with consolida
