One electronics industry commentator called it “the ultimate supply chain screw-up”. Strong words but when a major international motor manufacturer has to stop the production line, there is, perhaps, some justification.
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Fashion is a fickle business. Not exactly a groundbreaking observation, but add to that the current trend for “fast fashion” and it becomes all the more apparent. What’s in one week is out the window the next – and quite literally, it seems.
There can be few more stark examples of how environmental concerns are affecting supply chains than Ford’s “Blueprint for sustainability” released last month. This set out the steps it is taking to reduce its carbon footprint.
Just how important is the quality of home delivery services? It might seem blasphemous even to raise the question – it’s obvious that it plays a vital role. I can produce reports that highlight the critical nature of delivery quality.
A programme of annual eco-driving training must yield major benefits for both drivers and vehicle operators.
How capable are we of transforming our supply chains? Confidence may be growing in terms of a recovering economy and expectations of increased demand; however, findings from two recent high level surveys suggest that this optimism is tempered by a lack of
Every four years we go into the World Cup with high hopes for our teams, but the performance of the English, French, German and Italian teams over the weekend seems to have left most of Europe in a state of depression.
Cloud computing has been one of the big success stories in the supply chain software world over the past couple of years. But while it might seem that the bandwagon is unstoppable, a note of warning has been sounded by IT research group Gartner
AMR Research has just revealed its Top 25 supply chains and, for the third year running, Apple has come top.
We can all point to some of the initiatives that companies are looking at to make their supply chains more environmentally-friendly.
