Volvo Trucks has launched a security service system in a move to curb theft to long-haul trucks in Europe.
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Wincanton has won a £40 million three-year contract with Argos to become the primary supplier of the retailer’s inbound UK supply chain.
The current recession has seen massive destocking by retailers – it this the new norm or will the shelves fill up again come the upturn?
Fashion can be a fickle thing. What’s in one week might be old news the next week so retailers need to keep on top of changing trends and adapt supply chains accordingly to thrive. Lucy Tesseras
Managing an efficient and happy workforce is a matter of good communications, a strong team ethos and a great deal of flexibility. But in these tough times how do you keep staff motivated for the task? Nick Allen
Prof Jose Luis Nueno of the IESE Business School explains to Malory Davies the supply chain philosophy that has made Zara such a formidable competitor in the high street fashion business.
The Adonis of modern transport has finally arrived. And he’s a Lord. Andrew Adonis has taken over from Geoff Hoon as the secretary of state for transport, bringing with him an alarmingly impressive and diverse cv. The author and co-author of six books inc
It’s one thing to survive a rocky economic period, it’s another to thrive from it. But one man who is set on making this a reality is Tim Scharwath, Kuehne + Nagel’s chief executive for North West Europe. He talks to Jessica Davies.
Sacred cows are being slaughtered, shibboleths abandoned, and traditional practices challenged as companies search for ways to reduce the costs of distribution. Malory Davies finds that minds are opening to innovative shared user and network concepts.
One of the things that used to particularly annoy me about the Parkinson chat show was the fact that “world celebrities” appeared on the show, pretended to be his and my best friend and always then plugged their forthcoming autobiography / memoirs / new p
