Marks & Spencer has just opened its giant new distribution centre at Bradford. The group’s logistics and IT director Darrell Stein took some time out from the celebrations to talk to Malory Davies.
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There’s no denying it’s been a tough old year for the third party logistics sector, but that hasn’t stopped the contracts rolling in. Lucy Tesseras takes a look at the latest deals.
The most effective app for future-proofing the performance of your company could be an apprentice.
GLS Ireland is to launch a guaranteed national express delivery service from tomorrow (1st September).
Scania has selected Porsche Engineering Group as its partner in the development of the next generation of truck cabs.
Norbert Dentressangle is to buy the freight forwarding operations of US-based Schneider Logistics.
The supply chain can be a risky place and it is all too easy to take a chance on the next move. But, says Nick Allen, now is the time for buyers to become more, rather than less, vigilant over assessing supplier risk.
As organisations learn to become more customer-facing, supply chain visibility and control will increasingly be essential for commercial success, says Nick Allen.
The economy may be improving, albeit slowly, but will “lean and mean” remain the order of the day?
It would be easy to be daunted by the scale of the supply chain challenge presented by the flooding in Pakistan.
