With the increasing cost and difficulty of setting up distribution centres in traditional areas, should supply chain professionals be looking towards ports to take on an enhanced role in the supply chain? James Falkner looks at what schemes are currently
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Is the North West in the super shed category? Liza Helps takes a closer look.
Eastern Europe has been likened to the Wild West. But Charlie Jacoby wonders if those heading east will make the quick profits they are hoping for.
Consolidation among the software providers, coupled with new competitors coming into the market, means that competition is hotting up in the supply chain execution sector. Malory Davies looks at the impact of the changes.
The first retail product ever to receive a barcode was a packet of Wrigley’s chewing gum, more than thirty years ago. since then, warehouse technology has raced onwards and now radio frequency identification faces its second incarnation with the arrival o
With GPS, telematics and internet technology becoming more and more advanced, fleet managers are able to keep a closer eye on their trucks than ever before. But how do you weight up the cost of implementing expensive fleet management technologies against
he logistics industry has to engage local authorities if it is to maintain its efficiency. Liza Helps
Trunking vehicles have been increasing in power year by year and that seems to be continuing.
The increase of 9.5 per cent means that rail freight has grown by 60 per cent since 1995, and that the amount of freight moved, measured by billion net tonne kilometres, is at its highest level since 1977.
The site features a combination of Link 51 pallet racking and shelving systems much of which is centred on a two-tier ‘floor over’ structure which was also installed by Link 51.
