NAI Fuller Peiser and the FTA have carried out research into the effect of the Road Transport Directive on businesses nationwide. The latest findings highlight significant impact on the industrial and logistics sector in the South-east.
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Trying to work out what the latest must-haves are in the high street is no easy task. So it comes as no surprise that demand forecasting is ranking ever higher on the supply chain management wish-list.
Unwilling to forgo the sophisticated inventory optimisation software it enjoyed under the RAC, Universal Components found an SME-sized budget was not a constraint when choosing its own solution.
The commercial area in and around Marchwood continues to develop as one of Southampton’s most successful industrial regions, despite the refusal of ABP’s Dibden Bay development.
The RFID seminar presented jointly by industry specialists inotec UK and Intellident at last month’s Logistics Link 2005 drew almost twice the attendance expected, with more than 140 people attending the four seminars spread over the two-day
Open any publication involved in the supply chain and it quickly becomes clear that the interest and excitement around RFID continues apace. Wal-Mart, Tesco and UPS for example are extending their RFID technology trials, EPC Global has announced the ratif
Avonmouth is readily accessibility to the national motorway network, which has been greatly improved within the past decade. The M4, M5 and M49 are within easy reach. Also, the area has a dedicated motorway junction on the M5 and the second Severn Bridge
The supply chain approach is well documented and, at any level of development, will require changes to “the way we do things around here”. It will require a business to change and this, in turn, will mean changing the thinking from a current and known pos
This year began with enquiry levels showing improvement throughout the first half of 2004 and while these tailed off in the summer months, recent signs point to renewed activity. There remained a high level of demand for smaller buildings, sub 930sq m. Ye
In its ten-year transport policy introduced in 2000, the Government called for an 80% increase in rail freight by 2010 to help ease worsening traffic congestion on Britain’s roads and motorways. The shift from road to rail by 2002 showed a less than encou
