Winner: Dell (3)
Whatever the commitment to ‘total supply chain’, there is no doubt that logistics and fulfilment remain the core supply chain competences, and the area where the metrics will make or break an Awards entry.
Browsing: Supply Chain
Charles Davis
‘Expect to see companies moving production back to Europe,’ says the vice-president at AT Kearney
Winner: Rexam Beverage Can Europe
This category produced probably the most closely fought contest among the sector categories and included – Ducati Motor Holdings of Bolgna, Italy, Lafarge Nida Gips (partly French-owned but located in Poland), Philips Lighting in Eindhoeven, the Netherlan
Getting out of the jam
As the Christmas traffic builds, our town centres lurch closer to gridlock and the need for collaborative logistics systems seems ever more paramount.
Winner: Argos
Four finalists made it through in this category (a fifth, sadly, having to withdraw for internal reasons). As occurred surprisingly often this year, the entrants divided neatly into two groups, with Dentsply International and IDIS both serving specialised
Outsourcing set to reach half of total spend
The rate of logistics outsourcing across EU continues to increase and, according to Datamonitor, total spend on outsourced logistics will reach euro175.5Bn by 2008 to account for 45% share of total logistics spend. Cost reduction, high-speed
Winner: Marks & Spencer – Gist
The Supply Chain Excellence Award for Innovation is itself an innovation this year. The judges had in mind both true innovation – processes, methods or technologies that have never been seen before – but also innovation in the sense of introducing a techn
On reflection
John Allan, Exel’s indefatigable chief executive talks to Nick Allen on challenges in the chain.
Complexity bites as logistics costs rise
The days of falling logistics costs may be drawing to a close as supply chain complexity increases, says survey
Heavy investment in automotive logistics
The car industry may have been the driving force in logistics innovation in the past but a new report by Transport Intelligence indicates that the European automotive logistics market faces tougher times ahead. However this is unlikely to stop logi