Watching the transcontinental trucks thunder down the motorway focusses the mind on all that burning diesel. Can’t we use trains more?
Browsing: Opinion
Once considered the domain of eco-warriors, such as ‘Swampy’ and Prince Charles, environmental awareness has, over the past year, been catapulted to the forefront of main-stream thinking – we are now all expected to be ‘greener’ than ‘green’.
There is an oft-reported phenomenon in all developed societies around the world, known as the Urban Myth, which involves somebody knowing somebody who was acquainted to somebody who knew of someone who experienced a dire event…
Yesterday’s supply chain networks are costing businesses today, warns Fraser Ironside, business development director for network design at Barloworld Optimus.
Roger Williams, chief executive of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association, believes the HSE has sought to address a problem that doesn’t actually exist with its PM28 guidance note for working at height.
In this issue we publish our review of the major third party logistics contracts signed over the previous 12 months and, as always, it highlights some significant trends in the market.
The recent earthquake in north west Japan has sent reverberations through the supply chains of Japan’s leading car makers. And once again, questions are being asked about the risks involved in single sourcing and lean production systems.
Are we seeing a fundamental change of approach to supply chain issues as a result of lobbying by environmental organisations?
There I was, one day last week, strolling along the road to Damascus, minding my own business when – bang!
Everybody knows the best time to use the roads is when they’re at their quietest – and that generally means during the hours of darkness. So why aren’t more deliveries allowed to take place at night?
