All the shortlisted companies are eligible for the Team of the Year Award. The Award goes to the organisation that has best harnessed the enthusiasm, commitment and drive of its staff

As always, the Public Sector, Services & Utilities category was a difficult Award to judge owing to the great diversity of entries. But, after much deliberation, it came down to two entries.

This category is one of the most fiercely contested in the competition and it was a struggle for the judges to separate the four finalists

The Consumer Products category had four good entries, but two really stood out – MerckSerono, and Danone Waters UK & Ireland

One company stood out. “BASF reacted to market and industry conditions with a supply chain transformation that achieved global cross-functional harmonisation.

The Overall Winner Award is the most highly coveted supply chain award in Europe. The outright winner of the 2011 Awards demonstrates all the characteristics and attributes of a world-leading supply chain

London Gateway has hired Clive Allen as finance director, Victoria Tobin as human resources manager, and has promoted Charles Meaby to commercial director, all of whom are local to the port

We need to raise the image of logistics to avoid shortages of qualified staff, says Mick Jackson

Increasingly demanding warehouse activities combined with the need to minimise carbon footprints requires ever higher performance from warehouse equipment

The rise of internet shopping, mobile phones and web-based applications have changed the way we live our lives, but what impact have these technological advancements had on logistics operations? Lucy Tesseras explores the latest trends in logistics IT