Browsing: Supply Chain

The environment in which UK grocery retailers operate is changing – quite literally – and that means big changes ahead for logistics suppliers. These changes were highlighted at the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s convention last month. Malory Davies

National furniture retailer SCS has taken Unit 7002 at Graftongate and Legal & General’s Cross Point scheme in Coventry.

Pundits and politicians talk about the need for joined-up thinking, and ERP vendors and systems integrators are equally enthisiastic. But just how joined-up are our supply chains in reality?

Supermarkets are distorting competition through supply chain practices that transfer excessive risks and unexpected costs to suppliers, according to the Competition Commission.

IDS Logistics, formerly PB Logistics, is opening a 390,000 sq ft distribution centre in Sheffield, bringing its total retail footprint to nearly 2.4 million sq ft.