Browsing: Supply Chain Analysis

All aboard the supply line

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Early in 2006, Alstom successfully completed a €149 million contract to supply new carriages and trains for the London Underground Jubilee Line. By outsourcing the supply chain management for the manufacture of new carriages and trains it set new delivery

Linking into the future

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In November 2005, the International Telecommunications Union, published its futuristic report on ‘The Internet of Things’ declaring that ‘anytime, any place connectivity for anyone’ would be extended to connect ‘anything’. It’s a vision which new RFID tec

The money-go-round

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Banks are looking at new ways of financing the global supply-chain. Chris Lewis learns of some of the innovative techniques being introduced by the banking sector which can free-up working capital without needing formal title to the actual assets – they m

From consumer centric to bundling

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At the Shed Show last month Michael Samuels, EMEA strategy & business planning director at DHL Exel Supply Chain said that his company had been too consumer centric in the past when locating its warehouses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

State Values

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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

The value matrix

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Aligning the value propositions in your supply chain gives you that special market identity that keeps customers coming back for more, says Veronica Martinez

Managing the risks

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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