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
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Once again the Retail & Distribution category drew plenty of entries and brought past contestants back into competition with each other.
Nokia Siemens Networks has followed a radical transformational strategy. The Overall Winner Award is the most highly coveted supply chain award in Europe.
As always, this is a greatly contested category. The Telecoms, Hi-Tech & Electronics sector consistently scores highly and is typically the highest scoring sector in the awards programme owing to its unique demands and its correspondingly advanced practic
This year German companies dominated the shortlist for the Aerospace, Defence & Industrial category. What is more, this was a high scoring sector and that always makes the judging a little more difficult.
The Public Sector, Services & Utilities category is one of the most difficult awards to judge. The great diversity of entries, from power generation and railways to medical services, makes direct comparison a tough task.
The Team of the Year category is one of the most difficult to assess. Team work can mean very different things to different people. And of course, it would be hard for any supply chain to develop, transform or improve significantly in an environment where
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
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.
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
