Eastern European countries are some of the world’s most rapidly growing markets with high demand for consumer goods and an expanding manufacturing base – but the logistics infrastructure is often woefully inadequate. Leigh Pomlett highlights some strategi
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Supply chain players must engage with the debate on climate change and carbon taxes. By Sam Tulip
Close on the heels of the sale of its logistics business, TNT now plans to divest its freight management unit. By John Manners-Bell
‘The real supply chain opportunity arises when you look over your corporate boundary,’ says the newly installed president of the European Logistics Association
Now in their tenth year, the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards said farewell to previous lead sponsors Cap Gemini after three successful years, and welcome in their place PRTM. For those who don’t know, PRTM is one of the world’s leading operational
This sector threw up some very curious combinations and parallels, and as Gordon Colborn notes in his general appraisal, the service element of logistics is becoming increasingly important, even for companies who think their main business lies in manufact
Two of the three finalists in the Public Sector/ Not for Profit category, International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and NHS Supply Chain, were old friends of the Awards.
Trilogy Logistics has won a new distribution contract with video game publisher Square Enix.
Small and medium-sized transport companies are not protecting themselves from bad debt and 45 per cent of those polled, have no plans for unexpected debt, according to research from Bibby Financial Services.
Freight volumes in UK ports rose two per cent to 586 million tonnes in 2005.
