Ireland’s largest independent electrical wholesaler, Meteor Electrical, has reported significant productivity improvements following its recent implementation of Manhattan ILS: Integrated Logistics Solutions, built on Microsoft.NET. Since implementing the
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Ceva Logistics has been awarded a contract by NHS Scotland National Procurement to deliver consumables to hospitals in Scotland.
In a world where trade is global, ”global trade management” (GTM) sounds a fairly obvious name for what supply chain managers spend most of their time doing. In the world of European IT, however, the GTM label is a comparatively recent phenomenon
Contract logistics, 3PL, 4PL – call it what you will – continues to be a growing business, but it is changing subtly.
With all the talk of borrowing squeezes and high interest rates, perhaps financial directors need to look at some of the assets locked up in company supply chains. When goods commonly spent no more than a few days in transit, financing the supply chain
If you are involved in intercontinental supply chains, you perhaps have an hourglass view of the world. Not only is time ticking away but goods, like grains of sand, have to be funnelled through small corridors in order to get where they are going
EU enlargement has seen growing trade with new member countries in Central and Eastern Europe, according to global property adviser DTZ. These countries are acting as a gateway between Europe and non-EU countries, particularly Russia, and provide access
The more dynamic the business environment becomes with fast changes in demand, globalisation, outsourcing, e-commerce and higher environmental standards, the more important it becomes to understand how complex systems work.
The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards are now open for entries. These are Europe’s most prestigious awards for supply chain management, having attracted many hundreds of leading companies over the 12 years of the competition.
Predictably, some familiar themes kept recurring at the Extended Supply Chain 2008 conference, held in London last month.
