The concept of big data is becoming increasingly important in the supply chain as organisations seek to make use of the massive amounts of data coming their way from customers. How will ERP systems cope, asks Malory Davies
Author: Alexandra Leonards
The European Logistics Association will host the first ever European Supply Chain Day on 10 April 2014, where activities such as school visits, tours of warehouses, talks, and site visits, take place across the continent
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply has teamed up with The Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, to launch the CIPS Negotiation Challenge 2014, for a third year
Johanna Parsons, Logistics Manager’s senior reporter, has won the Journalist of the Year Award in the 2013 Seahorse Club Awards
…just some of the comments from the winners in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. More than 60 of Europe’s leading retailers and manufacturers fought their way to the finals, and the winners have been revealed
To take the Overall Winner trophy at the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards requires an organisation to demonstrate all the characteristics and attributes of a world-leading supply chain
This special award recognises someone who is increasingly setting the supply chain world alight with their work but might otherwise not be recognised in a setting like this
This year’s outstanding individual took a roundabout route to the supply chain. Having turned his back on the art of the shop floor, he bent his mind to what he sees as the science of supply chain
E-fulfilment is now a critical function for a growing proportion of businesses. Picking and dispatching single items rather than pallet loads creates its own set of challenges, but as the judges know, e-fulfilment requires innovative thinking to drive eff
In this category all three entries produced good scores, but this was a tough one to compete in
