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In a world where trade is global, ”global trade management” (GTM) sounds a fairly obvious name for what supply chain managers spend most of their time doing. In the world of European IT, however, the GTM label is a comparatively recent phenomenon

With all the talk of borrowing squeezes and high interest rates, perhaps financial directors need to look at some of the assets locked up in company supply chains. When goods commonly spent no more than a few days in transit, financing the supply chain

EU enlargement has seen growing trade with new member countries in Central and Eastern Europe, according to global property adviser DTZ. These countries are acting as a gateway between Europe and non-EU countries, particularly Russia, and provide access

Label specialist Systems Labelling has successfully developed a home compostable label for the Sainsbury’s “SO” organic range of products.

It’s not often you get fundamental disagreements over the technological direction an industry should take. In the commercial vehicle market, there was a disagreement about eighty years ago over whether steam or diesel was the way forward

It’s such a blindingly simple idea that you wonder why no-one thought of it before – chamfering the leading edge of a trailer to make it more aerodynamic. If you can’t use the space, then the fuel saving makes it worthwhile – and lots of people are now go

Volvo Trucks is challenging its transport suppliers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent within the next two years as part of its climate strategy which already aims at, among other things, carbon-neutral production, energy efficiency