Retailing has always been a dynamic industry but with customers demanding ever more rapid retail there will be plenty of supply chain challenges in 2012
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We need to raise the image of logistics to avoid shortages of qualified staff, says Mick Jackson
The last decade has been a blast with plenty of speculative warehouse space already built to choose from in places you never even knew you wanted to be located in…
British prime minister David Cameron earned plaudits from his own political party for the way that he ducked out of plans for a new European treaty to strengthen the Euro last week
It came as a nasty surprise to learn that child labour is used in the supply chain for one of our favourite treats – chocolate
In this issue we celebrate all that’s best in supply chain – both at a strategic and an operational level – with the winners of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2011…
Just as we all got used to the idea that BRIC must figure in any self-respecting supply chain strategy, it turns out that BRIC is now last year’s thing and we must all now refocus on CIVETS
Buyers beware, supplier challenges are on the increase, according to research by Nottingham University into the number of supplier challenges brought under the EU procurement regime
The man’s gone mad, I can hear you saying. Surely we are well past the moment when that is an appropriate question?
It’s a real privilege – and an education – to sit on one of the judging panels for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards and experience the passion and expertise of the professionals who come and present to us.
