Retail supply chain systems are becoming more integrated, more extensive and more complex – but are they helping to keep the shelves filled?
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The Sudan 1 food scare highlights the need for traceability in the supply chain, and the need for global product information standards.
Here’s how one global medical technology and healthcare company has cured its supply chain problems by becoming more demand-driven.
Though he claims once to have had a ‘real’ job with British Steel, the president of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport is that rare breed — a career consultant and academic who feels no need to apologise
If there’s one subject I encounter wherever I go in Europe, it’s the question of the shortage of relevant skills in the logistics industry. Of course, this shortage varies in form from country to country but the underlying problem does not bode well for E
Papers from the ninth annual PhD workshop available
Survey shows logistics management is becoming a strategic management function
With an increasing number of businesses relying on collaborative technologies for efficient trading with international partners, IT service management (ITSM) is coming to the fore. Jane Seeley explains what IT service management is and why it should be on
The first indications of the performance of the European logistics industry in 2004 have been provided by a number of companies releasing their annual results. Overall the sector has experienced a good year, although there are still several underperformin
To gain the benefits of outsourcing, many firms will have either to become more adept at the process as a core competency or be willing to outsource the outsourcing process istself.
