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The European express industry could be set to grow by 4.1 per cent by 2010, according to a report from market analyst Datamonitor.

Christian Salvesen and Turkish freight forwarder Ulustrans are forming a strategic alliance transporting goods between Turkey and the rest of Europe.

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

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