As a volume distributor, Premier Farnell has to be highly customer-responsive: it combines traditional distribution skills with technologically advanced, proactive marketing techniques.
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How quickly time passes and change takes place. For example, it may be hard to believe, but up until a decade ago little reference was made in the logistics industry to freight villages. The reason was simple. There were very few of them around, if any, o
Many manufacturers and distributors have, historically, treated fulfilment as quite separate and distinct from their traditional and more established logistics processes.
The key principles in managing supply chains are control, cost and efficiency and, during the past two years, the UK’s multiple retailers have sought to more fully achieve these goals through the introduction of factory gate pricing (FGP). Currently, the
The International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) is taking up five halls at the NEC, Birmingham, when it takes place on March 2-4. The exhibition has brought together two major materials handling and storage events – IMHX now incorporates IHSE. It a
The number of companies that will outsource their procurement activities is expected to more than double over the next two years. And the development will occur across geographies, industries and all sizes of company.
Location, location, location remains the property market watch word, although it is no longer safe to assume that a good logistics location is simply measured as the proximity to an arterial motorway.
The term future-proof has entered the language through IT systems but applies equally to the modern distribution centre.
The North-west is a diverse region and home to seven million people – almost one eighth of the total UK population – characterised by the two major cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
Are your purchasing policies open to fraud? Are your suppliers robbing you blind? More to the point are they bribing your staff? Are you in control of your processes? What steps can you take to reduce fraud, control purchasing and make it less likely that
