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?
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With more shoppers buying online, getting the goods home is presenting fresh challenges. By Penelope Ody
It’s hard to imagine, but this is the 10th year of The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Many hundreds of companies have entered these Awards over the past decade, a large number of which have been major international enterprises and highly recogni
Manufacturing almost always happens behind closed doors in factories: trade and commerce happens discreetly in offices. But often logistics operations happen out on the open road in full view of the public.
At the time of writing this column, we have another surge of interest in the popular press and TV on “Scourge of the White Van Man”.
Since September the landscape of the European third party logistics market has changed dramatically.
The key issue for project management today is building as quickly as possible isn’t it?” What makes a development successful?
As the new year finds this column in a title called Logistics Manager and in a section devoted to professional development, it seems appropriate to discuss management in logistics.
In little over three months the logistics landscape has changed dramatically. Major players in the market have been taken over or are up for sale as the industry realigns itself to reflect the changes in the global economy.
The 10th Annual Third Party Logistics Study from Capgemini, The Georgia Institute of Technology, SAP and DHL, should serve as a wake-up call to 3PLs the world over.
