Inventory management used to be about lean systems and JIT but accurate real time information is now more essential as demand-driven supply networks come on-stream. Perhaps one day, stock-outs really will be consigned to history.
Browsing: Logistics
The rail freight network in London will be unable to cope with demand over the next ten years.
An extile manufacturer that produces 1,000km-plus of man-made fibre every second, is using P&O Ferrymasters to help stretch its European distribution reach.
The skills shortage within the logistics industry is not something that has happened overnight. It has been getting worse every year for at least a decade.
The engineering sector is late on the supply chain bandwagon but the challenge of low cost overseas manufacturing means logistics is fast moving up the agenda. What does the future hold?
There were three finalists in this category, but the judges also chose to consider the sole finalist in the otherwise week Process Industries category here.
Globe Air Cargo has won a contract to become Ethiopian Airlines’ cargo general sales agent in the UK, giving freight forwarders access to the largest pan-African network of any airline.
For many landlords, a visit to the property director of a third-party logistics provider (3PL) ranks slightly lower down the list of things-I-want-to-do than a visit to the dentist.
We must work harder to attract new blood into logistics – make it appear to the young as the attractive, interesting, important profession that it is.
The Engineering and General Manufacturing sector has made a comeback this year, with Rexam Beverage Can Europe & Asia taking the top prize in The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2005.
