Computacenter is a familiar name in the ESCE Awards, their UK operation having reached the finals in previous years. This time, however, it was the company’s German Logistics and Service Centre at Kerpen that was under the microscope.
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John Menzies plc subsidiary Menzies Distribution, which distributes magazines and newspapers daily to 21,500 customers daily, is taking a new distribution centre in York.
Inventory management used to be about lean systems and JIT but accurate real time information is now more essential as demand-driven supply networks come on-stream. Perhaps one day, stock-outs really will be consigned to history.
According to GVA Grimley the Midlands industrial / distribution market is seeing continued growth, with units of 18,600sq m plus being built. This activity is pushing another wave of speculative development.
The engineering sector is late on the supply chain bandwagon but the challenge of low cost overseas manufacturing means logistics is fast moving up the agenda. What does the future hold?
There were three finalists in this category, but the judges also chose to consider the sole finalist in the otherwise week Process Industries category here.
Boots is to reveal the results of a year-long project to revolutionise its shelf filling processes. The project is expected to save the company £80M in efficiency savings.
The skills shortage within the logistics industry is not something that has happened overnight. It has been getting worse every year for at least a decade.
The Engineering and General Manufacturing sector has made a comeback this year, with Rexam Beverage Can Europe & Asia taking the top prize in The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2005.
‘Managing a business is really about managing the supply chain,’ says the global operations director of De La Rue Cash Systems.
