The cash-to-cash cycle is moving back up the corporate agenda in the wake of public spending cuts, rising inflation and jittery financial markets. Nick Allen looks at how supply chain professionals can respond.

Consumers may want home deliveries at times to suit themselves but cost considerations will always limit the options so are there other ways of keeping them happy?

The requirements are there but the availability is not. Is design and build now the only option or will it spell the comeback of speculative development? Lucy Tesseras reports.

There can be few fields of business endeavour where change is so dramatic, or so rapid, as supply chain and logistics.

Collaboration is playing an increasingly important role in supply chain operations and LPR is playing a vital role in one of the most significant and pioneering projects the collaboration between Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg’s. Lucy Tesseras meets the woman

WasteCare finds time savings after moving away from traditional counterbalance trucks.

RFID has the power to connect people and objects. But has the technology found its place in the supply chain, asks John Lamb.

The FLTA’s campaigns have boosted the industry’s safety record. But that could be put at risk as recession has forced some companies to adopt a less systematic approach to servicing. Johanna Parsons reports.

The retail sector has seen some high profile automation projects in the past couple of years often driven by the move to multi-channel retailing. Malory Davies reports on developments in the market.

There may be a dearth of existing buildings and no speculative development on the horizon, but there are other options, says Liza Helps.