Demand levels from occupiers, propped up by consumer spending, has boosted developer’s confidence in investing in more speculative schemes across the continenet. Research from Atisreal in France points to Bordeaux as an area to watch, while King Sturge hi
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Many ambitious, medium-sized companies – especially in distribution, manufacturing and retail – with designs on stepping up a weight are challenged on how best to go about it. Managers must ensure that processes and systems are aligned to deliver efficien
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
Many businesses preparing for the implementation of WEEE have overlooked the important role – and potentially significant cost – logistics could play in bringing the new legislation into force, explains Paul James
Early in 2006, Alstom successfully completed a €149 million contract to supply new carriages and trains for the London Underground Jubilee Line. By outsourcing the supply chain management for the manufacture of new carriages and trains it set new delivery
Supply chains are becoming more extended and complex as retailers move to sourcing goods on a global basis. Motivated by lower manufacturing costs, retailers and distributors are now confronted by greater complexity in managing the flow of goods to market
Retailers are shifting their focus away from out of town supercentres to more local stores in the middle of towns and shopping centres. And indications are that we may well be at the beginning of a ‘Convenience shopping’ revolution. But what are the imp
In November 2005, the International Telecommunications Union, published its futuristic report on ‘The Internet of Things’ declaring that ‘anytime, any place connectivity for anyone’ would be extended to connect ‘anything’. It’s a vision which new RFID tec
Mid-market companies are fast growing enterprises with all the complex issues – albeit on a smaller scale – of larger organisations. Systems integration needs to be a low risk operation. But don’t sell yourself short, you need processes, systems and proce
Standard Life Investment’s Select property und has entered a joint venture with Panattoni Development Company to speculatively develop a 50,000 sq m warehouse facility located in Lodz, Poland.
