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
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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
Growth at Argos meant the business needed to develop its Bridgwater warehouse operation – one of a network of nine distribution centres Argos currently uses across the UK
At almost every ”Supply Chain Standard” Roundtable over the past year or so, the conversation has come around to reverse logistics – the business of pulling goods back from some point in the supply chain, be it a distribution centre, a store, or a
Label specialist Systems Labelling has successfully developed a home compostable label for the Sainsbury’s “SO” organic range of products.
Guy Meisl is head of logistics at zavvi entertainment group, zavvi being the new name for Virgin Megastores following the 2007 management buyout. The supply chain challenge is to supply zavvi”s shops across the country not only with ”chart-topping” CDs
It’s not often you get fundamental disagreements over the technological direction an industry should take. In the commercial vehicle market, there was a disagreement about eighty years ago over whether steam or diesel was the way forward
”Business leaders are increasingly looking to the supply chain to create a competitive edge which will directly impact the financial performance of their company”In the last year or so there has been a lot of talk about a new approach to supply chain ma
It’s such a blindingly simple idea that you wonder why no-one thought of it before – chamfering the leading edge of a trailer to make it more aerodynamic. If you can’t use the space, then the fuel saving makes it worthwhile – and lots of people are now go
