Innovation is always a difficult category for the judges – mainly because it’s difficult to determine what an innovative step is, exactly, as opposed to the application of known technology or methods.
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The Individual Contribution Award is unique in that the winner is chosen by a vote of the readers of Supply Chain Standard.
Lancashire-based discount specialist B&M Retail has bought Rockpoint’s 618,839 sq ft The Vault facility at Liverpool International Business Park.
The Team of the Year can come from any area of supply chain and this year the judges chose to shortlist four outstanding entries: British Sky Broadcasting, Belron, Carlsberg UK in partnership with Gist; and Procter & Gamble.
An expert and efficient ‘solution’ to help cut costs should be a priority.
As always the Consumer &Retail category drew plenty of entries, but when it came to selecting for the shortlist four stood out from the rest.
Americana International, which owns the Bench clothing brand, has chosen Clipper Logistics to run its UK warehousing and transport operations.
Customer demand collaboration, and supply chain risk minimisation are the two most important strategic issues facing supply chain professionals, according to an analysis by PRTM of the detailed entries of more than 100 companies for the European Supply Ch
Fashion clothing company All Saints has taken a 82,909 sq ft distribution unit on O12 Larkfield Ltd c/o Rugby Asset Management’s 320,000 sq ft Larkfield Mill industrial estate in Aylesford, Kent.
The drive to control operating costs and improve efficiencies by global businesses during recession has the potential to create new risk exposures within supply chains according to insurer ACE European Group.
