The road infrastructure may still be poor, but low labour rates, along with its close proximity to western markets, makes the countries of Eastern Europe an attractive market, says Chris Lewis
Author: Alexandra Leonards
Unipart has adopted lean logistics as a key element in meeting the very different objectives of customers across a broad range of industries. Nick Allen talks ‘lean’ with eight senior executives from the company
All supply chian work is necessarily team work. The judges were looking for teamworking and effective collaboration both within the organisation and externally with partners, suppliers and customers and many of our finalists demonstrated these qualities.
A real innovation in the Awards this year is the Outstanding Contribution Award. Uniquely, this doesn’t involve complex metrics, exhaustive questionnaires, or teams of consultants with clipboards.
The finalists have now been selected for the 10th anniversary year of The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards.
True to the spirit and objectives of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards, the entrants this year came from a diverse range of industries and companies across Europe.
Eastern European countries are some of the world’s most rapidly growing markets with high demand for consumer goods and an expanding manufacturing base – but the logistics infrastructure is often woefully inadequate. Leigh Pomlett highlights some strategi
Now in their tenth year, the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards said farewell to previous lead sponsors Cap Gemini after three successful years, and welcome in their place PRTM. For those who don’t know, PRTM is one of the world’s leading operational
This sector threw up some very curious combinations and parallels, and as Gordon Colborn notes in his general appraisal, the service element of logistics is becoming increasingly important, even for companies who think their main business lies in manufact
Two of the three finalists in the Public Sector/ Not for Profit category, International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and NHS Supply Chain, were old friends of the Awards.
