Thousands of commuters were left stranded this week as transport links were severed in the wake of the storm that ravaged the southern parts of the UK. And with the Christmas peak upon us, the impact on supply chains is as yet unknown
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A strong partnership between the CFO and supply chain leadership in leads to improved financial performance for the organisation. That’s one of the conclusions of a survey of 423 CFOs and heads of supply chain by consultants EY
It will hardly come as a surprise to find that the UK throws away about £43 million of food a year. However, a new report from INCPEN, the Industry Council for research on Packaging & the Environment, provides valuable detail of what is actually being was
As an industry, we know how important it is to nurture strong, collaborative supply chains, said Philip Clarke, chief executive officer of Tesco and president of the European Retail Round Table, at the launch of The Supply Chain Initiative last month
I don’t know about you, but if I had a massive van fleet operating from 214 depots delivering 10.5 million items a week, I would be thinking about ways of selling that service to other people…
UK retailers could increase their profits by 4.8 per cent by better procurement – that amounts to £1.3 billion across the industry
It’s just over two years since I was sitting in the Supply Chain Standard offices just off Oxford Street in London watching van after van full of riot police pull up just outside the building to be ready for the rioting that seemed to be taking place ever
Some people might be rather cynical about seeing students hanging around on street corners. But here’s an example of where it’s not only a good thing – it’s potentially ground-breaking
We know what the UK government is doing, it’s spending billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on climate change measures. But will it make enough of a difference quickly enough?
There is so much talk about supply chain risk these days that you would expect major corporations to have well worked out road maps to avoid the obvious pitfalls
