Cruise shipping company Carnival UK has renewed its five year contract with Meachers Group, with the addition of an extra 12,000 sq ft of dedicated warehousing, which now totals 33,000 sq ft.
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Port haulier E T Morris & Sons has added two DAF XF105 mid-lift axle tractor units to its 55-strong fleet to evaluate the model.
Two major humanitarian disasters – the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake – provided a sombre backdrop to ”Supply Chain Standard”s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting’s
For an older generation, ”collaboration” has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential
Retailers and manufacturers are under immense pressure to increase the performance of their supply chains, so it is not surprising that many resort to tough tactics in response to growing competition.
The need to develop sustainable distribution systems is driving new interest in collaboration, but companies still need to learn that logistics need not be a competitive issue, argues DEAN WYATT
Reward and recognition are fundamental benefits of entering the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Leading companies have found that by being involved in Europe’s top awards scheme, they have gained considerable benefits in terms of internal
Things are changing. Top retailers are facing far more sophisticated challenges within their supply chains following the wide adoption of multi-channel strategies to market. No longer is it a matter of picking cases or pallet loads for a typical store
According to property pundits across Europe, despite a more subdued level of activity around the world following the recent tangle in the finance markets, occupiers of warehousing are looking at increasing rent levels.
If supply chain practice ever needs a fashionable rebranding, we could do worse than style ourselves ”risk managers”, for in these economically and politically febrile times, managing and mitigating risk is an increasing part of what we do
