LXE, the rugged mobile computer business, has launched four headsets designed for voice recognition applications

We can all point to some of the initiatives that companies are looking at to make their supply chains more environmentally-friendly.

Cross-Channel rail operator Eurotunnel has bought GB Railfreight, the UK’s third largest rail freight operator, prompting a call from the Rail Freight Group for cuts in the cost of moving international rail freight between the UK and France.

Royal Mail has chosen DB Schenker Rail to take over its entire rail operation from today. The logistics company is taking over the multi year contract from First Group’s GBRf

Perhaps one of the greatest lessons to come out of the recession has been that flexibility and frequent updates to the planning process are critical to the commercial success of the enterprise. Sales and operations planning holds the key.

Retailers are facing challenges and opportunities, both in the way they serve their customers and how they interface with suppliers. Nick Allen asks, what are the winning scenarios?

Information technology is all too often the elephant in the room, but retail market specialist Penelope Ody thinks it might be time to think small.

The only “EU 15″members with lower productivity than us are Greece, Spain and Portugal, and look where they are.

The government is funding a new approach to logistics apprenticeships, with the creation of organisations to employ the apprentices and hire them out to “host employers”.

With no speculative development currently in the pipeline, is renewed interest being given to good quality second-hand stock? Lucy Tesseras investigates.