The healthcare supply chain has some very distinctive characteristics – decisions can sometimes literally mean the difference between life and death. But what does it take to make a truly successful supply chain in this sector.
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The European Logistics Association has launched a web site for sharing knowledge and improving supply chain practice in Europe.
The hunt is now on for the top supply chains in Automotive, Aerospace & Industrial – companies that can challenge for the crown in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2010.
It would be nice to start by saying: “Now that the dust has settled…” But it hasn’t, and it looks as though the cloud from the Icelandic volcano is going to be around for some time to come.
It’s no joke. On the 1st April, five thousand companies in the UK became affected by new legislation requiring all companies on half-hourly electric meters to register for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
Read the latest annual report of practically any major company and you will find lots of references to reducing inventory, conserving cash in the business, and improving sourcing practices.
Joining a third party logistics provider in the middle of a recession might reasonably be regarded as a baptism of fire, but Leigh Pomlett is now putting growth firmly back on the agenda. He talks to Malory Davies.
The need to inject capital into the supply chain more quickly has stepped up a notch in the past year, and with it has come the rise of an alternative funding structure – supply chain financing. Jessica Davies investigates.
As flexibility, short production runs and responsiveness to market demands become the survival factors for 2010, can global supply chains deliver performance as well as price? By NIck Allen
Just as we were all getting used to talking about supply chain rather than logistics, it appears that the term is running out of steam and no longer describes what (for want of a better expression) supply chains do.
