Nearing the end of the year offers the opportunity to reflect on what might lie ahead for supply chain management in 2008. What will be the key trends?
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The fire in Atherstone on Stour that resulted in the death of four firefighters is sure to send a powerful shockwave through everyone involved in designing, specifying building and managing warehouse structures.
The logistics market is changing and that presents new challenges for the UK Warehousing Association. As a result, says chairman Derrick Potter, the association needs to be forward thinking in developing its operations.
The decision by the Far Eastern Freight Conference to impose a congestion charge of £70 ($145) per TEU on cargo coming into the UK from Asia has, quite understandably, been greeted with outrage by shippers and forwarders alike.
Chris Pavlosky was born and brought up in the village of Thorne in South Yorkshire and worked at Markham Main Colliery after leaving school. His career took him into management consultancy with Coopers & Lybrand in New York. He was also managing director
Clearstone’s Driver of the Year award has gone to Tom Cross, Aspray Transport driver from Shropshire. As first prize, Tom and a friend have won a trip to Florence, Italy to see the 2007 Ferrari World Finals at the Mugello International Racetrack. The rema
A major training programme has been at the core of establishing a common culture for NYK, following the merge of its two large divisions. Japanese owned logistics giant NYK merged its UCI and New Wave logistics divisions a few years ago, to form a new bus
It’s a month before Christmas and the world’s in a state, There’s a shortage of elves and our gifts will be late, “We can’t get the elves” shouted Santa with dreaad, “They all work in plumbing and banking instead”
Schoeller Arca Systems has appointed Johan Thans managing director of its UK operations. Thans is based in the company’s European headquarters in Hardenburg, Holland but will spend a large part of his time in the UK working with his local managers.
Sometimes – just sometimes – you have to feel a little for the nation’s supermarkets. Not only do they have to provide us with the finest food and drink at rock bottom prices all year round, but they’ve also got to find ever-more inventive ways to retain
