Complexity is the greatest challenge facing retailers competing for consumer spend in a burgeoning multi-channel environment. But for those that can master it, opportunities abound. By Nick Allen.
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Supply chain professionals strive to improve visibility, flexibility and collaboration but how do you bring all the elements into alignment? The Extended Supply Chain conference will be tackling the issue when it takes place on 24th – 25th March at the So
Some of the cleverest technology in the supply chain is going into multi-channel retailing. But at the end of the process someone has to deliver the goods to the customer’s home. And that last few feet is where the biggest problems lie.
As tens of thousands of people lie under the rubble in Haiti and a further 300,000 are made homeless, we are reminded of the devastating impact a major earthquake has on a community and the critical role humanitarian logistics operations serve in bringing
The amount of inventory in the pipeline has increased dramatically as have landed costs as a result of changes in global supply chains – competition, ongoing business transformation, increased lead times and complexity.
Let’s start with the good news – growth is back on the agenda after one of the toughest years on record, and the new year promises to bring new supply chain opportunities – along with a few challenges.
It sounds like a nice little Christmas gift – £110 billion. Consultants Booz and Company calculate that this is how much excess working capital is sloshing around in British companies.
Last month business secretary Lord Mandelson announced, with something of a fanfare, the creation of the new Automotive Council. But linked with it was another announcement that predictably attracted rather less publicity
As more than eighty heads of state jet in to support the Copenhagen climate change summit this week, few can be under any misapprehension that carbon reduction is falling from importance.
What constitutes a dynamic supply chain and how do you bring all the elements into alignment to maximise its potential? Dr John Gattorna has the answers and will be the keynote speaker at the Extended Supply Chain conference
