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.
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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
The Overall Winner Award is the most highly coveted supply chain award in Europe.
For the second year running, German companies dominated the Aerospace, Defence, Industrial & Automotive category.
This was a hard fought category with four good contenders for the prize.
As always, the Public Sector, Services &Utilities category was a difficult award to judge owing to the great diversity of entries.
Traditionally, the Hi-tech, Communications and Electronics category is the highest scoring sector, and this year certainly didn’t disappoint.
This year there were only two companies that met the strict criteria for reaching the shortlist in the Sourcing & Procurement category.
