The shock horror news is that retail sales fell back in April, according to the British Retail Consortium. The rather more mundane reality behind that is that Easter was early this year so sales were pushed back into March.
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The only “EU 15″members with lower productivity than us are Greece, Spain and Portugal, and look where they are.
Lee Iacocca, the man who saved Chrysler back in the 1980s, wrote one of corporate America’s most gripping autobiographies, and in a particularly telling passage describes how, upon his arrival, he discovered thousands and thousands of cars rusting in
As every successful business knows, providing the customer with what they want, when they want it and at a competitive price, is a winning formula. The problem is getting the business to do just that – focus on the customer.
Some of the most sophisticated supply chain thinking has been developed in the hi-tech industries so it should be no surprise that the last two overall winners of European Supply Chain Excellence Awards have come from the Hi Tech, Communications &
The healthcare supply chain has some very distinctive characteristics – decisions can sometimes literally mean the difference between life and death. But what does it take to make a truly successful supply chain in this sector.
The managing director of one of our biggest logistics companies admitted to me that there were nights when he would wake up in a cold sweat: “I worry that if our customers work out how we achieve the service levels and make a profit, they will take the bu
Skills for Logistics can report three notable achievements, but, as ever in needs the support of employers.
The hunt is now on for the top supply chains in Automotive, Aerospace & Industrial – companies that can challenge for the crown in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2010.
It would be nice to start by saying: “Now that the dust has settled…” But it hasn’t, and it looks as though the cloud from the Icelandic volcano is going to be around for some time to come.
