Using a new breed of software solution, manufacturers and retailers can run their own bonded warehouse operations, instead of using third party agents, says Nick Love of RedPrairie.
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There are clever technical solutions for every supply chain activity – so why does everyone use spreadsheets? By Penelope Ody
More and more operations include an element of reverse logistics despite the fact that the Eurocrats are still struggling to reach agreement of the final date and shape of the directive of waste electrical goods.
We are sitting on a demographic time bomb.
On the face of it, TDG’s annual results are nothing to write home about. Sales have risen slightly to £510m and operating profit is up slightly to £19.6m. So why are there smiles on the faces in Victoria Street – even if they are fairly cautious ones?
In the relentless search for ever improving returns on investment and market competitiveness, some of the world’s biggest corporations are applying a model that is known as SCOR — the Supply Chain Operations Reference model
All too often, global logistics has been manufacturing’s poor relation, says David Warrilow, managing director of Audax Software. now is time for a change.
Nothing is certain anymore. Commercial environments are in constant flux, with new competitors arising from unexpected channels and ways of doing business shifting to online models. The companies that are to win out are those that are capable of adapting
Keeping a massive network of small stores supplied with fresh food presents a massive logistical challenge. Mark Aylwin, supply chain director of Musgrave Budgeons Londis explains how he is going about it.
At all levels in The Professional Development Stairway, there must be a blend of skill types.
