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Agility is set to buy LEP International Pty Ltd, an Australian freight forwarder and LEP International (NZ) Ltd in New Zealand.

How do you get the most from your distribution centre? Automated processes can reap rewards for those prepared to invest both the cash and, perhaps more importantly, the time required to fully understand the dynamics of the business. Latest research indic

Demand levels from occupiers, propped up by consumer spending, has boosted developer’s confidence in investing in more speculative schemes across the continenet. Research from Atisreal in France points to Bordeaux as an area to watch, while King Sturge hi

The Benelux region’s popularity as a central location for European Distribution operations is off-set by an increasing problem with road congestion. Many hopes are being pinned on the yet-to-open Betuwe Line, a railway for goods transport from Rotterdam

AILOG and the Cattaneo LIUC University of Castellanza in Italy surveyed 35 leading companies in the beverage, pharmaceutical and home & personal care sectors, in order to gain a greater understanding of the interplay between Sales Forecasting and Demand

Managing a large amount of data in real-time used to demand supercomputers, teams of highly-paid IT experts, years of work and a lot of money. Today, complex event processing systems are turning it into a lower budget affair. Penelope Ody

Having the right service parts available when customers need them is now critical in maintaining brand image, loyalty and service level agreements. Jasper van der Wulp argues that global operations and just-in-time manufacturing trends are putting an em

Once goods leave the warehouse they can enter an information void, where suppliers and customers are left guessing on the status of their deliveries. How do you maintain real-time visibility of goods on the move and how do you use that information to make