The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is warning lorry operators that the legislative process governing the introduction of digital tachographs continues to remain unclear and that orders for new vehicles must clearly specify requirements
Browsing: Logistics
This month acquisition activity has focused around global Swiss logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel International.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Fortec Pallet Distribution Network is using a new sliding scale pricing scheme for larger consignments of palletised freight sent through its network of nearly 60 depots.
‘Managing a business is really about managing the supply chain,’ says the global operations director of De La Rue Cash Systems.
