Painstaking work is underway to ensure the success of the logistics redeployment from Afghanistan, says Liza Helps, following criticism of the MoD’s supply chain set-up in 2011
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SDI Group has developed an automated “Hanger Sorter” system, to recycle empty coat hangers used by the fashion sector, which it says can identify a hanger from more than 80 different profiles in less than 300 milliseconds, using new camera technology
Recycling specialist Willshee’s Skip Hire has won a contract to provide Palletways’ national hub in Lichfield with a dedicated service, which will see 100 per cent of the company’s waste created at the site recycled
Massive e-commerce is driving rapid growth in the number of packages being delivered each year, so companies are going to have to think hard about their packaging systems and materials, says Johanna Parsons
Potter Logistics has won a 30 year contract worth £20 million with SITA UK.The company’s managing director, Matthew Lamb, said: “This contract is unique in the energy recovery and logistics sector, and is a major coup for our business”
DHL Supply Chain is investing £8.8m in a shared user hub at Heathrow to meet the end-of-route return catering requirements on long haul flights. The company has just won some £40m of additional airline catering contracts
There are just a few months to go before the new Euro 6 legislation comes into force. So it is no surprise that vehicle emissions are at the forefront of truck buyers’ minds in the run up to the Commercial Vehicle Show
MCL Logistics has joined the Pall-Ex network covering the whole of the NP and part of the GL postcode areas
Supply chain professionals face daunting challenges in terms of optimising supply chains, reducing costs and saving on emissions. It led to a vigorous discussion when we asked a group of leading supply chain professionals to consider some of the key issue
More than one third of Marks & Spencer’s products now have a Plan A attribute – an eco or ethical quality above the market norm, the retailer said in its latest update on the plan
