The complexities of managing and optimising the flow of materials, cash and information across the supply chain need to be mastered if a competitive position is to be defended. Nowhere is Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) more critical than in the CPG
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When radio frequency identification (RFID) first surfaced four years ago as the next big thing in supply chain automation, technologists hailed it as the answer to every logistics manager’s dream.
Leading consumer packaged goods companies are collaborating through the Global Upstream Initiative to design a process model and supporting XML message standards which will greatly aid supply chain integration.
Unilever is running a trial of Electronic Product Code Information Service to collect and access information from within its logistics environment and from trading partners in the supply chain.
Christian Salvesen is one of the great names in UK logistics but it has experienced some tough times over the past few years. Malory Davies meets the man who has taken up the challenge of rebuilding its fortunes.
Beleaguered logistics managers across Europe are putting radio frequency identification (RFID) projects on the back burner and concentrating on data capture systems with a more immediate payback such as voice technology. By John Lamb
Logistics Link North takes place from 20-21 September at the Yorkshire Event Centre.
DHL Exel has opened a new 40,000 sq m distribution centre in Cannock.
There was an error in the article “Yearsley buys Celsius depots” on page 5 of the May 2006 edition of Logistics Manager relating to the cold store at Hams Hall.
A significant investment into a sophisticated automated national distribution centre for Unilever UK Foods has upped the productivity stakes for the company’s customer service offering. Now both customers and margins can be well served. By Nick Allen
