Under these testing economic circumstances, detailed planning and supply chain optimisation are going to be crucial factors in maintaining commercial and financial performance. But now, with global supply chains comes complexity and risk. Can technology o
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Creating value in the supply chain has a close relationship with cutting out waste – and one of the best ways of removing waste from the supply chain is to automate repetitive processes that add little value.
It is axiomatic that when times are good, companies tend to focus on marketing and product development. It is when the going gets tough that the focus moves towards the supply chain and the potential savings that more efficient logistics can give.
Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg’s have seen cuts of seven per cent in their transport costs from a collaboration project run through TDG.
Commercial vehicle sales have been rising over the past year but the impact of the deteriorating financial sector is starting to be felt.
The Asia Pacific transport and logistics market is entering a period of intense uncertainty as the effects of the global economic slowdown start to be felt.
The pressure to make business activity more environmentally friendly is intruding into more and more areas of logistics operations. So it is hardly a surprise that the latest government move is on air conditioning.
It has been said that logistics is a man’s industry, but one woman who is rapidly dispelling that myth is Pall-Ex founder and CEO Hilary Devey. “It can be very hard for women, particularly in such a male dominated environment,” she says. “But it can be do
Sika Flooring’s Nick Grounds reckons more and more owners and designers of industrial buildings are turning to dry-shake concrete floor surface hardening systems to provide the most hard wearing surface that is also attractive, easily applied and economic
Beer and wine producer Constellation increased the capacity of its £40 million distribution centre by 80,000 pallets – roughly 53 million bottles of wine – when it installed a floor from Twintec.
