To an outsider it must look slightly schizophrenic. On the one hand retailers and suppliers are looking for ways to take vehicles off the road. On the other, retailers are increasingly demanding next day delivery of ambient goods.

Are lorry drivers gradually taking over our TV screens? Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers is currently in its third series on Channel 5, while Channel 4 recently aired the carefully titled MotherTruckers documentary…

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The supply of large distribution warehouses has fallen, so where are the opportunities?

It’s not just the competitors that need to be prepared for the London 2012 Olympics – road congestion and closed lanes will throw up a host of challenges for logisticians.

Between demanding retailers and unforgiving B2C operations, more and more is being demanded of distribution operations. And the rise of multi-channel retail strategies is having an impact on how order picking is organised.

Making the most of available storage space has for many years relied upon the capabilities of the Reach Truck. Significant improvements to design continue to push the boundaries of performance

Asda has just launched a sustainability initiative, the Asda Sustain and Save Exchange, using 2degrees – an online managed service designed to facilitate collaboration

Future progress on collaboration relies on honing the creativity of supply chain professionals to realise the potential that exists outside traditional activities; to venture into the dark side – co-opetition

A new era of sales & operations planning has arrived as companies learn to deal with an increasingly volatile business environment