Pressure is mounting in the UK for an inquiry into the alleged monopolistic practices of supermarkets. A valid supply chain response must be considered. By Sam Tulip
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The proposed London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) offers poor value for money, excludes 94 per cent of the capital’s vehicle population, and will not enable air quality targets to be met according to the Freight Transport Association.
Whilst TNT looks to an early sale of its logistics division, a political storm in the US is gathering over DP World’s bid for P&O. By John Manners-Bell
Target Express has completed the first commercial mailing through its new postal service, Target Post.
Companies often find it difficult to put their fingers on the levers that drive performance. Here we reveal the six levers required for supply chain success. By Laurence Dupras
The increase of 9.5 per cent means that rail freight has grown by 60 per cent since 1995, and that the amount of freight moved, measured by billion net tonne kilometres, is at its highest level since 1977.
Central to European logistics activity, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – the ‘Benelux’ region – is set to benefit from the trend to outsource from China. Within easy reach of Europe’s prosperous consumer population demand for distribution facilit
The advice from the government is that operators will need to be ready to use digital tachographs in new HGVs and PSVs from May this year.
The most significant challenge facing the Logistics Services sector is that of complexity. With lengthening supply chains, brought about by the trend to ‘global sourcing’, service providers are now placed in a position where managing this complexity req
At the time of writing this column, we have another surge of interest in the popular press and TV on “Scourge of the White Van Man”.
