Opinion News | Logistics Manager https://www.logisticsmanager.com/opinion/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:14:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-LM-site-icon-1-1-32x32.png Opinion News | Logistics Manager https://www.logisticsmanager.com/opinion/ 32 32 Logistics Manager: 2024 in review https://www.logisticsmanager.com/logistics-manager-2024-in-review/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:34:14 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=68469 With the year coming to a close, Logistics Manager is reflecting on 2024, taking a look at some of the biggest news stories in the logistics and supply chain sector, [...]

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]]> Breaking the glass ceiling: driving gender parity in supply chain and procurement https://www.logisticsmanager.com/breaking-the-glass-ceiling-driving-gender-parity-in-supply-chain-and-procurement/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:59:57 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=64855 To celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), the spotlight is turning towards the supply chain and procurement industry and its journey towards achieving gender parity. Melaye Ras-Work, vice president and co-founder, [...]

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]]> Logistics Manager: 2023 in review https://www.logisticsmanager.com/logistics-manager-2023-in-review/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:26:00 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=63954 As 2023 draws to a close, Logistics Manager takes a look back at the past 12 months in the logistics and supply chain industry. The most-read stories on the Logistics [...]

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]]> Deadline extended for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards! https://www.logisticsmanager.com/deadline-extended-for-the-supply-chain-excellence-awards/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:28:23 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=62282 The deadline for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards has been officially extended which gives you an extra week to submit your entry! This extension gives you an extra week to finish existing [...]

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]]> Editor’s Blog: The automated industrial revolution is here… so what do we do about it? https://www.logisticsmanager.com/editors-blog-the-automated-industrial-revolution-is-here-so-what-do-we-do-about-it/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:11:19 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=49074 Automation has been a boon for the warehouse. The productivity gains have driven the economy, particularly during this year, as businesses throughout the logistics sector have been able to handle [...]

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]]> Editor’s Blog: Last-minute Brexit talks mean question after question for supply chain and logistics https://www.logisticsmanager.com/editors-blog-last-minute-brexit-talks-mean-question-after-question-for-supply-chain-and-logistics/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:30:32 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=48938 So, unless there is a last-minute breakthrough, the current line on the last-ditch Brexit talks is that a trade deal is “looking very, very difficult at the moment”. Indeed, the [...]

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]]> Editor’s blog: Logistics Manager Top 50 week starts in style https://www.logisticsmanager.com/editors-blog-logistics-manager-top-50-week-starts-in-style/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:52:10 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=48818 I’ve just spent the last hour having a very pleasurable conversation with the UK’s largest privately-owned IT company – Westcoast. I wasn’t alone. It was broadcast live to our readers, [...]

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]]> Editor’s Blog: Brexit resilience could see the birth of the Golden Coast https://www.logisticsmanager.com/editors-blog-brexit-resilience-could-see-the-birth-of-the-golden-coast/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:00:02 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=48652 Brexit was always going to test supply chain resilience. And it is coming down to the wire… Let’s not get into the nuances of the ‘negotiations’ – for what they [...]

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]]> Editor’s Blog: Visibility the key challenge for vaccine distribution https://www.logisticsmanager.com/editors-blog-visibility-the-key-challenge-for-vaccine-distribution/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:42:43 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=48525 The scramble to distribute viable and approved Covid-19 vaccines has begun in earnest… not in terms of physical distribution but jockeying for position to secure contracts and secure space. As [...]

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]]> Editor’s blog: Distributing a Covid-19 vaccine at ultra-low temperatures? Logistics has got this! https://www.logisticsmanager.com/editors-blog-distributing-a-covid-19-vaccine-at-ultra-low-temperatures-logistics-has-got-this/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:29:24 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=48367 Stock markets rallied as Pfizer and BioNTech announced some heartening news when it comes to a Covid-19 vaccination. While it is hopeful to look ahead to a world free from [...]

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