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The importance of a secure supply chain was underlined last month by an astonishing US congressional report setting out how tens of millions of dollars of US government cash is being siphoned off into a shadowy network of Afghan warlords and corrupt offic

Cadbury team “Purple Passion” has won SCALA’s supply chain competition The Fresh Connection.

The M4 corridor is abuzz with activity. Lucy Tesseras looks at the latest deals and availability from Reading to Bristol.

Electrical supplies firm Rexel UK has implemented Paragon’s routeing and scheduling software to help co-ordinate next day deliveries to contractors throughout north west England.

Audi has chosen Wincanton to implement its interactive sales support tool, the Audi Configurator, across retail stores in Germany.

HelioSlough’s appeal for planning permission for a rail freight terminal at the former Radlett Aerodrome has been refused by the government.

Electronic connector manufacturer JAE Europe has chosen Infor’s supply chain management Demand Planning software to help improve sales and operational planning.

Universal Silencer reckons it has increased the efficiency of loading and unloading and enhanced safety at its Hinckley warehouse with a new modular loading platform system from Thorworld.

Branston, the potato buyer, packer and distributor, has installed Union Industries’ 4.5 metre high Bulldoor at
the hub of a loading bay at its factory in Ilminster, Somerset.