Browsing: Logistics

Ian Veitch, chief executive of NYK Logistics in the UK, has become the first European in the NYK group’s 122 year history to take a place on its main group board.

How do you gain competitive advantage with a supply chain delivering a vast array of 400,000 products to 1,850 branches? This was the complex challenge facing plumbing and building merchant, Wolseley UK. Their answer was to invest €150 million in a new

Road Tech has enhanced its Tachomaster system so that it now provides information on vehicle utilisation as well analysing tachograph information.

Supply chain technology has come a long way since the early days of EDI, warehouse management technology and demand forecasting. Today, it is fast becoming a totally joined-up message thanks to the latest IT. Soon systems will be able to call on a raft of

While Europe has seen a downshift in production, its economies have become increasingly consumption oriented, boosting distribution activity. Most goods are transported by truck, but the costs of road transport are rising due to spiralling wage costs and