A new generation of technology is giving supply chain collaboration a greater impetus. But are all parties prepared to play the game of sharing data?
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TNT’s decision to exit logistics has come as a major surprise and will raise some questions on past strategic moves.
‘Anything we do can always be done better,’ says the
general manager, supply chain at Electrocomponents
Where do you stand if there is VAT fraud – perhaps several links away – in your supply chain? Until a ruling by the European Court of Justice just two or three weeks ago it could have cost you very dearly.
European manufacturers are going wrong with inventory optimisation. James Hurrell explains how it could be done so much better.
Danish group DSV, which trades at DFDS Transport, is launching a take-over bid for Frans Maas, the Dutch logistics provider
Volvo has added a new 360hp, Euro4 level engine to its D13A range.
Baylis Distribution has renewed its three-year contract with Discovery Foods, the family owned catering company that has a healthy annual turnover of £40m.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA), is organising local meetings in January 2006, to help with the integration of digital tachographs into the UK market.
Iveco has signed an agreement with the SAIC Motor Corporation, one of the leading Chinese car-makers and the Chongqing Heavy Vehicles Group, to establish a long-term partnership in China in the heavy truck and engine fields.