TNT’s decision to exit logistics has come as a major surprise and will raise some questions on past strategic moves.
Browsing: Supply Chain
‘Anything we do can always be done better,’ says the
general manager, supply chain at Electrocomponents
APL Logistics and Christian Salvesen have today launched a new joint venture company called Holistica Solutions Limited.
Chris Webster described the selection of this year’s
Overall Winner as ‘the toughest I’ve seen during
Capgemini’s years of involvement in the Awards’, a
sentiment echoed by the other judges.
As usual, a very disparate set of entries in this category makes comparisons invidious. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) entered specifically to gain recognition for the efforts of their team co-ordinating the initial
Computacenter is a familiar name in the ESCE Awards, their UK operation having reached the finals in previous years. This time, however, it was the company’s German Logistics and Service Centre at Kerpen that was under the microscope.
There were three finalists in this category, but the judges also chose to consider the sole finalist in the otherwise week Process Industries category here.
Asda is creating 300 jobs at its new £20M import centre with PD Teesport, part of PD Ports. The new facility, being built near Middlesborough, will save Asda an estimated two million road miles a year by shipping 70% of its distribution direct to Teesport
After the hype, many feel disillusioned with RFID but the technology continues to move ahead as prices fall and trials proliferate.
This month acquisition activity has focused around global Swiss logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel International.
