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Wesupply, a provider of on demand, fully configurable supply chain execution solutions, has incorporated a new container tracking solution into its product offering. The new solution allows organisations to track the status of a container at any time. W

Nissan has had to close three factories in Japan for five days and cut production by 30,000 cars; BP is struggling to find the materials to build its Alaska pipeline; Norwich bus station will be delivered over time and over budget. The world steel crisis

DaimlerChrysler UK has awarded a five-year, multimillion pound contract to TNT Logistics to manage aftermarket distribution of the group’s automotive parts nationwide.

The key to strong, lasting contacts across a supply chain, whether with customers, suppliers or colleagues, is to ensure that the right people are talking to each other constantly, at all levels, says Joan Irving, procurement director at Premier Farnel

Mandating the take-back and recycling of all electrical or electronic products with a battery or a plug, the implications of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive throughout the supply chain are immense.

IMS of Smithfield, a wholesale meat supplier of beef, pork, lamb, poultry, game and speciality products to the catering trade, has implemented stringent measures to ensure that health and hygiene are an integral part of its production and food ma

Preston-based clothing wear manufacturer CCM, part of the Johnson Service Group, is using Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express to deliver up to three million garments per year as part of a £500,000 contract.

The DTI has yet to publish its draft legislation implementing the latest European General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) and is running some 12 months late. However, a survey by City law firm CMS Cameron McKenna reveals business is concerned that

When Computer 2000 moved to a new custom-built warehouse, the introduction of an upgraded warehouse management system (WMS) posed a massive measuring problem for the computer equipment distributor. In order for the new system to work, it needed t