In previous years German companies have tended to predominate in this category. This year was different. The two front running entries were Kwik Fit with CEVA Logistics and Jaguar Land Rover with Unipart Logistics
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Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat – but will they be delivered on time? Or shall we see retailers taking matters into their own hands?
Online retailers are predicting that 30 November will be the busiest day for sales this Christmas, according to Royal Mail’s latest research
Groupon, which made its name with its discount voucher operation, has opened is first logistics centre, in Northern Kentucky. “With its thriving workforce and vibrant community, this is an ideal location for our new site,” said Groupon CEO Eric Lefkofsky
Gist is trialling a fleet of six eco-friendly Frostcruise vehicles, to serve its distribution contracts with both Marks & Spencer and Starbucks, which use technology developed by its parent-company The Linde Group and its UK subsidiary BOC
Imperial Health Sciences (IHS) has teamed up with Yusen Logistics, to launch a dedicated temperature controlled sea freight consolidation service for medicines to southern Africa
Dutch e-commerce specialist wehkamp.nl has chosen Knapp to supply the automated handling systems for a news distribution centre at Zwolle in the Netherlands
UK supplier of fresh, prepared, and bulk potatoes and vegetables, QV Foods, has renewed its contract hire deal with Ryder, hoping to generate cost savings of around ten per cent a year
Arriva’s David Loseby will be joining forces with Network Rail’s Jim Carter, to discuss the role of procurement within supply chain finance, at this year’s Supply Chain Finance Summit
Anyone looking for trends in supply chain and logistics could do no better than examine the entries in the 2013 European Supply Chain Excellence Awards
