Ken Abram has closed its doors after 44 years owing to increasingly difficult trading conditions and the loss of key contracts.
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Ryder last month celebrated the 10th anniversary of its huge contract with the Ministry of Defence to supply vehicles to British forces in Germany.
A significant investment into a sophisticated automated national distribution centre for Unilever UK Foods has upped the productivity stakes for the company’s customer service offering. Now both customers and margins can be well served. By Nick Allen
Automotive supplier Hella has picked Kuehne & Nagel to manage its Chinese Aftermarket Division’s national warehousing activities.
Malaysia Airlines System’s cargo operation, MASkargo, last month took delivery of its first B747-400 freighter.
Three prominent firms have recently overhauled their planning systems and are reaping the benefits. IKEA has improved forecast accuracy by between 25 and 80 per cent by using a single database and plan. By John Lamb
New Look has given Accenture a 10-year contract to manage and maintain its UK and European core trading, supply chain and retail operations systems.
British Airways World Cargo has suspended its weekly service to Johannesburg via Cologne.
The UK truck driver shortage has more than halved in the past year, according to Skills for Logistics although, it says, experts are warning it is too early to be complacent.
‘I want the best answer quickly,’ says the strategy manager, global supply chain at tobacco giant BAT
