Argos is running trials of a hub and spoke distribution model as it repositions the business for a digital future. This model is designed to enable immediate collection on a selection of lines and next day collection on an extended range of products which
Browsing: Logistics
The government is to start the tendering process to procure a syndicate of banks to advise on a possible flotation of Royal Mail within the next few days, business minister Michael Fallon has revealed
China now has 2,600 colleges offering logistics qualifications
A shift to assembly work has transformed manufacturing, and Nick Allen reckons automation is now critical to fast replenishment of components for assembly
Food is a basic requirement for life. We all consume it, every day. But as well as being ubiquitous, in terms of how it gets to where its needed in time and in condition, “food” is arguably the most diverse and demanding category of all
Touch wood, fingers crossed: people are starting to talk seriously about growth in logistics again
Around 130,000 Deutsche Post employees who are covered by a collective-bargaining agreement will receive a 3.1 per cent pay raise on 1st August this year, as well as a further 2.6 per cent rise on 1st October 2014
Clarks’ group director of sales and operational planning, Dave Powell, will debate demand volatility and demand driven operations in the retail sector, at the Supply Chain Standard 1-2-1 Summit 2013
Unipart has been awarded a £1.3 million grant for advanced technologies at its Coventry site, which will create 90 new jobs
Paul Heaton has retired from Brian Yeardley after 23 years at the company’s Deep Sea and Airfreight department
