Significant challenges face the future of supply chains – as the sourcing of goods from low-cost economies increase logistics costs as a proportion of the cost of goods sold and as ‘green’ retailers move to develop wholly sustainable supply chains. Solu
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The Benelux region’s popularity as a central location for European Distribution operations is off-set by an increasing problem with road congestion. Many hopes are being pinned on the yet-to-open Betuwe Line, a railway for goods transport from Rotterdam
Those of you that attended the Extended Supply Chain conference in London at the end of March will have heard that the event has been acquired by Centaur Media plc, the publishers of Supply Chain Standard.
Having the right service parts available when customers need them is now critical in maintaining brand image, loyalty and service level agreements. Jasper van der Wulp argues that global operations and just-in-time manufacturing trends are putting an em
Once goods leave the warehouse they can enter an information void, where suppliers and customers are left guessing on the status of their deliveries. How do you maintain real-time visibility of goods on the move and how do you use that information to make
AILOG and the Cattaneo LIUC University of Castellanza in Italy surveyed 35 leading companies in the beverage, pharmaceutical and home & personal care sectors, in order to gain a greater understanding of the interplay between Sales Forecasting and Demand
As Tesco commits to carbon labelling, Carrefour sets up an ‘Environment club’ and M&S pledges to spend €300m on being carbon neutral by 2012, the stakes are riding high to secure the moral high ground in the battle for green consumers. But in these unchar
Iain Speak is to take over as chief executive of Bibby Distribution when Theo de Pencier moves to the Freight Transport Association in July.
Amazon.co.uk is building a 800,000 sq ft distribution centre in Wales with the Macquarie Goodman Group.
Pall-Ex’s Northamptonshire-based network member,
Mainland Group, a member of the Pall-ex network has moved to a 40,000 sq ft in Northampton.
