Onine shoppers want to get goods fast, free, or both. So as e-retailing explodes and with peak hitting harder and faster, delivery operations are facing ever increasing challenges and costs
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They may be big, heavy and full of corrosive liquid, but lead acid batteries still rule the roost. However, new technologies, such as fibre nickel cadmium and lithium ion, are now becoming available. And new battery technologies could mean new designs of
Inventory optimisation is increasingly seen as a competitive issue. So are you falling behind your competitors?
The role of the supply chain execution system has become critical as organisations seek to improve the speed and efficiency of their supply chains. But, what are the strategic imperatives in selecting the right system
Vantec has officially opened its new 421,000 sq ft warehouse at Turbine Park, Sunderland
Ecolab, which makes chemical and medical products, has awarded a chemicals contract to Norbert Dentressangle
Administrators have been appointed for 808 X-Ray Logistics Limited, the Heathrow-based company which specialised in cargo handling for freight forwarders around the airport.
New15.65-metre long semi-trailers are enabling TNT Express to remove partly-filled trailers from its network, the company reckons.
Truck registrations fell 19.6 per cent to 2,882 units in January, according to the Society of Motor manufacturers and Traders. Even so, they were still 2.1 per cent up for the rolling 12 months
Peel Ports has put a bigger vessel on its Manchester Ship Canal container service to meet an increase in demand from customers who include Kellogg, Princes Foods and Kingsland Wine
