”Business leaders are increasingly looking to the supply chain to create a competitive edge which will directly impact the financial performance of their company”In the last year or so there has been a lot of talk about a new approach to supply chain ma

Guy Meisl is head of logistics at zavvi entertainment group, zavvi being the new name for Virgin Megastores following the 2007 management buyout. The supply chain challenge is to supply zavvi”s shops across the country not only with ”chart-topping” CDs

At almost every ”Supply Chain Standard” Roundtable over the past year or so, the conversation has come around to reverse logistics – the business of pulling goods back from some point in the supply chain, be it a distribution centre, a store, or a

The adoption of a sound strategy at the port-to-destination leg of the supply chain can have a direct impact on the amount and position of inventory, accuracy of forecasting, availability of product at DC, store or manufacturing line, and ultimately the

Predictably, some familiar themes kept recurring at the Extended Supply Chain 2008 conference, held in London last month.

Much more could be done to improve the efficiency of the construction sector’s supply chain. And that really means going beyond on-site logistics, and back to looking at the way the work is contracted out and materials bought

The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards are now open for entries. These are Europe’s most prestigious awards for supply chain management, having attracted many hundreds of leading companies over the 12 years of the competition.

Most companies will tell you that recruiting graduates whom they can later train in logistics, is an important part of their recruitment strategies. But there is one company that has chosen to follow a different route. Experience has shown

It’s that time of year (at least at the time of writing this) when business plans and budgets need to be completed. Probably in common with other organisations our plan places a high premium on the assessment and management of risk in all its shapes

The government is changing the planning law to make it easier for local authorities to plan for sustainable economic development. The guidelines for this will be enshrined in its new Planning Policy Statement 4, which will supersede the previous national