Stormy Monday
Honda’s UK car manufacturing plant at Swindon has been a tremendous success since it was first established in 1986. Some 3,000 people now work at the plant producing almost 5,000 Civic, CRV and Jazz models every week. But not last week
Browsing: Supply Chain Risk
CIPS teams up with Peter Jones academy
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply has teamed up with The Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, to launch the CIPS Negotiation Challenge 2014, for a third year
What’s in a name?
First there was multi-channel. Then there was omni-channel. And now there is cross-channel. You know that a market is in a process of change when terms are being coined so rapidly
Finance – the new battleground in supply chain
What is the fastest growing phenomenon in supply chain? We all know about the impact of online shopping on strategies, but even so, I think there is a good case to be made for supply chain finance
Anti-slavery web site targets supply chain
Supply chain practices have coming under greater and greater scrutiny – notably with the passing of California’s supply chain slavery law (know as SB-657)
Supply chain risk marginal for 60pc of companies
As many as 60 per cent of companies pay only marginal attention to supply chain risk reduction processes, according to a new study by the Study by the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and PwC
Dedicated to risk reduction
One of the UK’s leading food retailers last week announced that it was starting to produce all its frozen beef from its own dedicated production facility – not only ensuring full traceability but also giving it one of the shortest supply chains in the sec
How to spot a fake
Any discussion of supply chain risk tends to focus on such things as natural disasters and supplier failures
Mapping out automotive supply chain risk
Three of the world’s leading car manufacturers have created a collaborative community. Here they talk about how it came about
OBS to help reduce risk, duplication and loss
OBS Logistics will host a free seminar session, entitled “The Bare Essentials of Integrated Delivery Management”, at Logistics Link Live 2013