The award goes to an organisation that has established a unique and highly successful supply chain training programme for its own employees without any outside assistance

This year those in Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals were given their own category. In previous years, healthcare has more often been grouped under Public Services

Last year the Consumer Products category produced the Overall winner with Danone Baby Nutrition. This year that honour passed to another sector

The Global Shippers’ Forum has raised concerns over a proposed alliance between Maersk Line, CMA-CGM, and Mediterranean Shipping Company, saying the idea requires careful scrutiny

One in five online shoppers have admitted to purchasing items when they have had too much to drink, and regretted it afterwards, according to Hermes’ latest research

Transaid’s 15th anniversary cycle in Uganda has raised £45,000, which will go towards improving access to basic service for people throughout Africa

Skechers, the US footwear giant, is upgrading its European Distribution Centre at Milmort on the outskirts of Liege, with an automated order picking system

Clipper has acquired German logistics company Geist for an undisclosed sum in a move designed to expand its presence in the European multi-channel retail market

Tesco’s entry was for an automated system that automatically adjusts the sales forecasts for thousands of products in its UK and Irish stores three times a day seven days a week based on the latest weather information

From the five shortlisted entries for the Supply Chain Strategy & Design category, two scores clearly stood out above the rest and both were pretty much on level pegging. Those two were AstraZeneca with Yusen Logistics, and Tesco