Retail supply chains used to be about manufacturers sending goods to shops with the occasional wholesaler or distribution centre in between. Not any more – the extended retail supply chain goes to the shelf, the shopping basket and even the kitchen cupboa
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Leading consumer packaged goods companies are collaborating through the Global Upstream Initiative to design a process model and supporting XML message standards which will greatly aid supply chain integration.
Many businesses preparing for the implementation of WEEE have overlooked the important role – and potentially significant cost – logistics could play in bringing the new legislation into force, explains Paul James
Truck manufacturer Volvo has joined The Global Round table on Climate Change, which brings together more than 100 high-level stakeholders from around the world —
Royal Mail has approached Postcomm, the mail service regulator, asking to increase the price of both first and second class stamps by 6p to stem its growing losses.
NYK Logistics is to provide the sub-assembly and sequencing operation for Grupo Antolin, which supplies headliners for Honda’s CR-V, Civic and Civic Type S in the UK.
Aramex, the Dubai-based logistics provider, has moved its three divisions, Aramex, Priority Express and Vanguard, into one 30,000 sq ft building at London Heathrow.
TNT Freight Management has completed the first phase of Cargo 2000’s air cargo quality management system, at its sites in London, Chicago, Gothenburg, Malmo, New York and Stockholm.
The government has backed down on plans for automatic prosecution of operators whose drivers violate the new drivers’ hours rules.
Oakland International is launching a parcel service for sending chilled and frozen samples through an ambient supply chain.
