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
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Isuzu plans to launch a range of 10-18 tonne trucks in the UK from the middle of 2008.
What do Sainsbury’s, Vodafone, Kimberley-Clark, Sara Lee and the Red Cross all have in common?
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
Agility is set to buy LEP International Pty, an Australian freight forwarder and LEP International (NZ) in New Zealand.
Co-op members will decide the fate of the institution in the retail market this month when they are asked to vote on the creation of one, national organisation. But, asks Malory Davies, will they accept the supply chain arguments for a merger?
Andrew Triolo has been appointed senior manager of Pall-Ex Logistics.
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
Silverjet has picked Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to handle its UK cargo.
It’s official: third party logistics providers try too hard to please their customers and it is costing them a fortune.
