The Khafji Joint Operations has awarded a £11.8m ($17m), five-year contract for fourth party logistics warehousing and solutions in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia to Agility.
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American Airlines has launched a direct service between Chicago and Beijing offering 150 tonnes of cargo capacity per week
We can all point to some of the initiatives that companies are looking at to make their supply chains more environmentally-friendly.
Cross-Channel rail operator Eurotunnel has bought GB Railfreight, the UK’s third largest rail freight operator, prompting a call from the Rail Freight Group for cuts in the cost of moving international rail freight between the UK and France.
Royal Mail has chosen DB Schenker Rail to take over its entire rail operation from today. The logistics company is taking over the multi year contract from First Group’s GBRf
Information technology is all too often the elephant in the room, but retail market specialist Penelope Ody thinks it might be time to think small.
Retailers are facing challenges and opportunities, both in the way they serve their customers and how they interface with suppliers. Nick Allen asks, what are the winning scenarios?
Perhaps one of the greatest lessons to come out of the recession has been that flexibility and frequent updates to the planning process are critical to the commercial success of the enterprise. Sales and operations planning holds the key.
The shock horror news is that retail sales fell back in April, according to the British Retail Consortium. The rather more mundane reality behind that is that Easter was early this year so sales were pushed back into March.
If anyone in the logistics industry can claim to be a cool guy, it’s Chris Sturman. He has been involved in temperature-controlled operations for many years and now heads the FSDF. He talks to Malory Davies.
