UK service industries are starting to show signs of a two speed recovery, David Noble, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, has warned
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Manufacturing continued its “marked rate of expansion” in May, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index.
Information technology is all too often the elephant in the room, but retail market specialist Penelope Ody thinks it might be time to think small.
Retailers are facing challenges and opportunities, both in the way they serve their customers and how they interface with suppliers. Nick Allen asks, what are the winning scenarios?
Perhaps one of the greatest lessons to come out of the recession has been that flexibility and frequent updates to the planning process are critical to the commercial success of the enterprise. Sales and operations planning holds the key.
Sofa retailer ScS taken delivery of ten Mercedes-Benz 7.5 tonners taking its delivery fleet to 55 vehicles
Whirlpool says it has made major savings since transforming its supply chain with Manhattan’s SCOPE programmes.
Wesupply has launched OneTime, a range of intelligent EDI solutions
Online retailers are refining their delivery options with lower standard charges offset by increases for premium service, a survey by multi-channel logistics operator iForce suggests
The UK service sector continued to expand in April, but at a reduced rate
