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…
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It’s almost ten years since I was invited down to Bristol for the launch of the Broadmead Freight Consolidation Scheme – an innovative approach to city centre deliveries initiated by Bristol City Council and run by Exel Logistics (which went on to become
Training drivers to be more fuel-efficient should be a top priority
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 need to recruit nearly half a million new people into logistics
If there is one thing logistics providers can be pretty sure of, it’s that customers will be looking for lower costs. After all, buying a logistics service is not like buying designer clothes – there is no kudos attached simply to spending a lot of money.
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?
As retail channels proliferate and customers expect instant and accurate information about orders and availability, supply chain systems have moved into pole position enabling many of tomorrow’s ‘must-have’ attributes
