Effective management of logistics can increase a company’s economic value with a strong impact on revenues and costs, according to a study conducted by SDA Bocconi School of Management in Italy on behalf of Ceva Logistics

Spanish fashion group Inditex has set out a improvements to its procedures for controlling its supply chain in Brazil following press allegations last month that one of its contractors was employing sweatshop labour

A team from Bavaria, the Dutch Brewer, has won the global final of the SCALA Fresh Connection competition which have just taken place in Pisa

Deutsche Post DHL has set out plans to invest 750 million euros in modernising its German parcel network with the aim that parcels will be sent as fast as letters in the future

The Freight Transport Association has backed recommendations by the House of Commons transport committee on sharing data to cut traffic jams

OOCL has renewed its contract with Freightliner for delivery of containers for another ten years

On-trade drinks supplier Matthew Clark has reduced its transport costs and cut the time it spends planning at its York depot by 66 per cent after deploying Optrak’s vehicle routeing software

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Comet made good progress in launching its turnaround plan despite a 22 per cent fall in sales, parent company Kesa said in its first quarter management statement

Outdoor and leisure clothing supplier Regatta is to set up a new distribution centre in the North West