Contract logistics, 3PL, 4PL – call it what you will – continues to be a growing business, but it is changing subtly.
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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
Volvo Trucks is challenging its transport suppliers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent within the next two years as part of its climate strategy which already aims at, among other things, carbon-neutral production, energy efficiency
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 Tanfield Group caused a stir last year with the release of the battery powered Newton truck and the Edison van. Since then more vehicles have gone out for appraisal and it has plans to ramp up production over the coming year.
Predictably, some familiar themes kept recurring at the Extended Supply Chain 2008 conference, held in London last month.
Any discussion of fleet management systems has tended to focus on telematics and hardware, but Scania has decided to refocus its fleet management proposition with Scania OnBoard which is designed to give fleet managers with the information
The two new truck ranges MAN TGX and MAN TGS were awarded the “Truck of the Year 2008” title at the European Road Transport Show 2007 in Amsterdam.
The adoption of a sound strategy at the port-to-destination leg of the supply chain can have a direct impact on the amount and position of inventory, accuracy of forecasting, availability of product at DC, store or manufacturing line, and ultimately the
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rudolph Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine. Diesel was born on 18 March 1858 the son of German parents, in Paris. He studied at the Munich Polytechnic under Professor Carl von Linde.
