Parcel carrier Amtrak is launching a credit/debit card payment option to make it easier for small companies and individuals

The food and grocery industry is finding it tougher than ever before to attract top quality recruits, according to a delegate poll at the recent IGD Convention.

Schoeller Arca Systems has appointed Johan Thans managing director of its UK operations.

Shoe company E Sutton has extended its relationship with APL Logistics to take in all its inbound shipments from China and South East Asia.

The bestLog project, initiated by the European Commission, is making great progress on its way to establishing its core objective – an exchange platform for the improvement of sustainable supply chain management practice across Europe.

Innovation, in the context of the Supply Chain Excellence Awards, isn”t the same thing as invention. Naturally, if an entry does offer something radically new, whether in terms of processes or technology, that would be a good recommendation for this awar

By definition, almost any finalist in these Awards (with the exception of a few purely procurement-oriented organisations) must be fairly good at ”logistics and fulfilment” – although that is by no means the total supply chain, it is certainly the core

As Gordon Colborn has noted in his commentary, we were slightly disappointed that, again this year, few entries went out of their way to promote the environmental, sustainability or wider Corporate Social Responsibility aspects of their submissions.

The Outstanding Contribution category of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards is very different from all the others: you, our readers, nominate the candidates, and you vote by email for the winner (and none of those shenanigans that other less repu

Teamwork can mean almost anything – who hasn”t been baffled by a job application asking you to ”demonstrate teamwork”? It”s safe to say though that any organisation making it onto the shortlist of finalists in these Awards must be displaying teamwork