Retail supply chains used to be about manufacturers sending goods to shops with the occasional wholesaler or distribution centre in between. Not any more – the extended retail supply chain goes to the shelf, the shopping basket and even the kitchen cupboa
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The UK market for contract logistics is the most developed, the German market the largest – with a lower outsourcing rate – and the French market the most difficult. How are logistics service providers adapting their strategies to cope with a varied and c
Many businesses preparing for the implementation of WEEE have overlooked the important role – and potentially significant cost – logistics could play in bringing the new legislation into force, explains Paul James
Early in 2006, Alstom successfully completed a €149 million contract to supply new carriages and trains for the London Underground Jubilee Line. By outsourcing the supply chain management for the manufacture of new carriages and trains it set new delivery
Aligning the value propositions in your supply chain gives you that special market identity that keeps customers coming back for more, says Veronica Martinez
Director of Global Supply Chain Management, Vodafone
What are the key challenges facing the logistics sector in 2007? Claude Boisselet examines five of this year’s major preoccupations.
Western manufacturers now need to know more about managing networks than they do about making things. Outsourcing manufacturing to distant low cost economies may cut unit costs but increased complexity and risk are creating new challenges for the supply
Committing to a warehouse automation project requires complete confidence in the forward strategy of the company, a full understanding of present and future supply chain requirements, a detailed knowledge of the product profiles being handled and importan
Warehouse IT is fast becoming a complex issue. But integrating the various necessary technologies, in real time, is now critical to best performance. John Lamb
