Browsing: Logistics

When writing this column I have been known once or twice to draw attention to the relatively low levels of public funding attracted by the logistics industry (eight per cent of the workforce, 3.5 per cent public funding share) when compared with construct

Spare a thought for Moir Lockhead, chief executive of Britain’s biggest bus and rail company First Group.

Pundits and politicians talk about the need for joined-up thinking, and ERP vendors and systems integrators are equally enthisiastic. But just how joined-up are our supply chains in reality?

Bringing new drugs to market is a very expensive business: typically it can cost over €500 million and – given time limitations on patents – the pharmaceuticals company then has just 5-10 years or so to recoup its investment and make a profit for most the