Local sourcing is a relatively new challenge to the supply chains of retailers in the UK, but one which looks set to grow in significance.
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On October 4th the Belgian logistics associations VIB and ABCAL held their annual gala event to announce the winner of the Supply Chain Award – Project of the Year 2006.
British Airways Regional Cargo is using a sophisticated web based vehicle tracking service to record the minute by minute movement of air cargo.
Eddie Stobart has launched a dedicated rail freight service for Tesco, moving goods from Daventry to Tesco’s distribution centre at Livingston in Scotland.
Collaboration is paramount if we are to maximise value across the supply chain, says the head of supply chain at the Institute of Grocery Distribution
Iveco is offering operators a free guide to the new legislation surrounding Euro 4/5 and digital tachographs on CD-ROM, produced in association with Siemens VDO and AdBlue producer Yara Industrial.
Stoke-on-Trent based Staffordshire CV has been appointed an official Renault Trucks Distributor. In addition to its repairer franchise, the company will sell the whole range of Renault vans and trucks.
Kent transport company Alan Firmin has joined the Palletforce network. Operations manager Paul Denyer said: “Joining a distribution network allows us to become a one-stop shop.”
TDG has upgraded its warehouse management system to an AIX Marc, which it is running on an IBM ISeries I570 Processor, at its Pocklington site in Yorkshire.
As a Sector Skills Council (1 of 25), Skills for Logistics is charged with producing a Sector Skills Agreement which, put in language we understand, is effectively a service level agreement between employers in the logistics sector and the funders/policy.
