With the high street stagnating, what retail growth there is, is largely online and involves increasingly challenging stock management and logistics options.
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Tough markets and fundamental shifts in the way supply chains operate have placed the emphasis on slick execution. But it requires a holistic view of the supply chain, says Nick Allen.
High tech products require a high spec supply chain that can accommodate the constant development of new products while providing a quick and secure service. How have supply chains adapted to keep up and what must be done to improve flexibility? Lucy Tess
Inflation in the People’s Republic of China reached a three-year high of 6.5 per cent in July – bad news if you are sourcing product there
James Bond – now there’s a man who knows a bit about supply chains. Witness his conversation with the eponymous villain in Goldfinger: “Fifteen billion dollars in gold bullion weighs ten thousand, five hundred tons. Sixty men would take twelve days to lo
Apparently, the thing that is most disruptive to supply chains is a sudden increase in demand from customers.
Given the events of the past year, it is not surprising that minds have been focused on making supply chains more resilient. But that is all about to be formalised with a new international standard ISO 28002:2011.
It’s that time of year when global companies report their quarterly earnings – and this time the figures are highlighting the impact on supply chains of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan
Everyone knows the old chestnut: what gets measured gets managed. The corollary to that, of course, is that if you are to manage the right things then you have to have effective ways of measuring them.
It’s now more than a decade since Nike’s supply chain came under intense scrutiny after it was revealed that workers in sub-contractors’ factories in Asia were working in “sweat-shop” conditions.
