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.
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Recruiting, retaining and motivating staff is a long-standing problem for logistics operations, made more acute, in the UK at least, by the current relatively high levels of employment. What makes a company good to work for?
As usual, a very disparate set of entries in this category makes comparisons invidious. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) entered specifically to gain recognition for the efforts of their team co-ordinating the initial
Memorex Products Europe Ltd, a leading supplier of CD/DVD media and USB/data storage devices, has renewed its existing contract with Kuehne + Nagel in the Netherlands, to provide contract logistics and European distribution services.
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.
The rail freight network in London will be unable to cope with demand over the next ten years.
An extile manufacturer that produces 1,000km-plus of man-made fibre every second, is using P&O Ferrymasters to help stretch its European distribution reach.
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.
Globe Air Cargo has won a contract to become Ethiopian Airlines’ cargo general sales agent in the UK, giving freight forwarders access to the largest pan-African network of any airline.
