Netherlands’ health and beauty retail company, Kruidvat, is to build a new automated warehouse and picking system (from Witron) in Heteren.
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Regulation weighs heavily on logistics operators who choose France – and its geographic position in Europe may not make it a central attraction – but with five of Europe’s 15 major ports and a logistics market valued at around €120 billion, France has ple
Ossian Retail Group subsidiary Au Naturale, has pre-let a 157,689 sq ft warehouse at Eurocentral in Scotland to facilitate its on going expansion.
Sainsbury’s is taking a 500,000 sq ft distribution warehouse at ProLogis’ 150-acre Pineham development in Northamptonshire.
The road infrastructure may still be poor, but low labour rates, along with its close proximity to western markets, makes the countries of Eastern Europe an attractive market, says Chris Lewis
The ELA has a packed agenda for 2007. More than ever, there is a need for education, the sharing of best practice, networking and innovative thinking.
The reshaping of the European Union will affect distribution in some profound ways. Romania, regarded by many as a wild frontier, could soon become a significant transit hub.
Aligning the value propositions in your supply chain gives you that special market identity that keeps customers coming back for more, says Veronica Martinez
Director of Global Supply Chain Management, Vodafone
Western manufacturers now need to know more about managing networks than they do about making things. Outsourcing manufacturing to distant low cost economies may cut unit costs but increased complexity and risk are creating new challenges for the supply
