Lawrence Christensen has won the European Supply Chain Excellence Award for his Outstanding Contribution to the world of supply chain management.
Browsing: Logistics
The Department for Transport has commissioned a new study into the possibility of increasing the length and weight allowance for UK trucks.
Parkside Warehousing & Transport has purchased twelve new Iveco Stralis AS440S43TX/P tractor units.
Bibby Distribution has bought London–based freight forwarder Archfield (Shipping) Ltd.
TNT N.V has confirmed that it is selling off its Freight Management division. In its third-quarter results TNT reported an 8.9 per cent rise in operating profit to £172 million.
Staff at JJB’s Martland distribution centre have gone on strike, following a dispute over pay and the company’s bonus scheme.
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.
As always there was a crowded field in the Retail and Distribution category, with finalists including Rexel Senate, Deutsche Woolworth, Mexx, Asda, and Sainsburys.
Rexel Senate has 95 UK branches wholesaling and distributing domestic and industrial elect
Traditionally, this is one of the most highly competitive Awards sectors, and this year was no different. For the combination of volumes and complexity, this sector has few rivals, and it has always set the pace for rigorous, data-based supply chain manag