Ever-changing patterns in customer demand, globalisation, multi-channel distribution, outsourced manufacturing, and increased competition all add to the complexity of supply chains, writes Jessica Davies.

There might be doom and gloom around in the media but our industry survey shows that supply chain professionals are a model of grace under pressure.

One thing companies can do to minimise the risk of forklift-related accidents is restrict the truck’s travel speed, says Transmon Engineering. The company has developed a range of speed control systems, which it says can be fitted to any forklift truck on

WH Smith has installed a number of RDS Technology’s on-board load-monitoring systems to forklifts at its Swindon distribution centre.

Iveco and New Holland have assisted the British Museum and Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS) in an archaeology recovery project. The expedition was carried out by the Castiglioni brothers and Derek Welsby, curator of ancient Egypt and Sudan dep

First the bad news. Our bid to have a national skills academy for logistics recognised by the government fell at the last hurdle as we came a “very close fifth” with the first four only awarded the status. It’s little consolation, but we fight on.

A successful business relies on the quality of its workforce so finding the right logisticians should be a top priority. But all too often companies waste valuable time and money as a result of sloppy recruitment methods. In such a time-critical industry

We run an annual maintenance check with all our tenants, which we expect to increase to twice yearly. In this way we maintain warranties for example on the level access doors, and reduce long-term costs so that when an occupier leaves we save them money o

A single unitary authority would stimulate the release of land for commercial development and economic prosperity for the region.

Robert Cleeve of King Sturge says: “Although the UK has seen three consecutive years of increases in industrial floor space availability, the latest level of increase was minimal at 0.5 per cent. However, in the South West there was nearly 1.4 million sq