RedPrairie Corporation, a leader in global supply chain technology solutions, has bought supply chain execution provider LIS. Operating under the RedPrairie name, the enlarged group projects 2004 revenues of US$130M and has more than 600 people from offic
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Traditional distribution hubs in western and central Europe are soon to face stiff competition. Expansion of the European Union in May 2004 is expected to have a significant affect on Europe’s distribution site ‘hot spots’. But many factors come into play
Derrick Potter, board member of the Rail Freight Group and chairman of the Potter Group, a leading independent UK road and rail logistics service provider, has welcomed a new incentive to boost rail freight announced by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA).
With manufacturing moving East, storage requirements are shifting from ‘goods for manufacture’ to space for a growing flow of imported products. Patterns are changing, but the trend is for ever more space. Can the developers keep up with demand?
Fullers Logistics, the key logistics partner to Masterfoods’ (formerly Mars Confectionery) site in Slough, has awarded a major contract to integrated materials handling and storage equipment company Locators to supply a range of Toyota industrial equipmen
With warehouse management systems increasingly expected to contribute to the velocity and visibility of items in the extended supply chain, the boundaries between WMS and ERP are blurring. It’s clear, the warehouse can no longer operate in isolation.
Bucking the trend to commoditise purchases – including aspects of transport – the supplier relationship management approach shifts the emphasis the other way to leverage benefits in service levels and flexibility. But how does this work in partnerships th
‘Safety is the major concern for us, and it should be for everyone in logistics and supply chain,’ says the logistics manager Europe for BP’s lubricants business.
The EU’s delightfully-named WEEE recycling directive must be ratified by August and will take effect in 2005. Brace yourself for similar chaos as engendered by that famous directive about fridges – for which the UK government had also failed to plan.
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