Sitting in the middle of a blizzard, it would be easy to focus on the difficulties supply chain professionals face at this time of year. But I am much more interested in looking forward into next year and opportunities ahead.
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Dutch fashion group Veldhovengroup has chosen K3 Retail to supply a new IT system covering supply chain management in-store POS, merchandising, planning, wholesale, warehousing and financials
Gieves and Hawkes, the Savile Row tailor, is investing in its supply chain to grow its online sales with the implementation of a retail system from K3 Retail
Apple has topped the AMR Reseach Top 25 Supply Chains for the third year in a row, followed by Proctor & Gamble and Cisco Systems
Pick by voice specialist top-VOX is now providing a Microsoft interface for its topSPEECH-Lydia voice picking tool.
Le Creuset, the maker of cast iron cookware, is moving over to AGR’s Inventory Optimiser to improve its inventory management and demand forecasting capabilities.
Boughey Distribution is moving over to an SAP enterprise resource planning system at its sites at Wardle and Deeside
Vasanta Group, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest office supplies companies, has selected Manhattan Associates to support its distribution network.
Eddie Stobart has beaten DHL and UPS to come 32nd in the 2010 list of Superbrands. Only parcel giant FedEx Express, at 24th, came higher among transport and logistics companies.
IFS has launched Virtual Maps, a route planning tool which overlays information about ongoing and planned jobs with road and satellite maps using Microsoft’s Bing Maps platform.