Browsing: Supply Chain

At a time when businesses across the world are facing tough economic times, retailers have the option to take stock and review their strategies and identify the appropriate back office improvements to deliver an agile and flexible supply chain without hig

More than four hundred of Europe’s leading supply chain professionals attended the prize-giving event of the 12th European Supply Chain Excellence Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on the evening of the 28th October.

The posters in the high street say it all: “half-price sale”, “up to 70 per cent off”, “extra discount today”. As the “credit crunch” continues to bite, discretionary spending plummets and sales at discounters soar. How is the current downturn hitting ret

TNT chose Ergo Floor Systems to supply it with 900 sq m of Standline interlocking PVC floor tiles at the group distribution centre of its fashion division in Leicester. TNT Fashion needed a way of blocking the excessive noise caused by pallet pump trucks

Under these testing economic circumstances, detailed planning and supply chain optimisation are going to be crucial factors in maintaining commercial and financial performance. But now, with global supply chains comes complexity and risk. Can technology o

Creating value in the supply chain has a close relationship with cutting out waste – and one of the best ways of removing waste from the supply chain is to automate repetitive processes that add little value.

The purchasing and procurement arm of home improvement company Weldom is to roll out several software packages from Manhattan Associates across its entire supply network.

The brain chains controlling logistics operations, supply chain execution systems, are increasingly under scrutiny as companies position themselves to take advantage of changing economic conditions. Jessica Davies reports.