Browsing: Supply Chain

Non food retailers and food retailers have taken up the most new shed space on the market, taking a floorspace share of 35.4 per cent and 33.3 per cent respectively according to King Sturge.

Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has awarded NYK Logistics a £6m two and a half year contract for the centralised planning and primary distribution of pharmaceuticals from its manufacturing sites throughout Europe into its European distributio

Electrical retailer Maplin Electronics has taken a 196,000 sq ft warehouse at St Paul’s Developments’ Brookfields Park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire to house its new UK head office and distribution centre.

Vehicle manufactures operating in the West face significant challenges, with static markets, over-production, price competition and high labour rates creating an environment of slim margins for both OEMs and suppliers alike. The supply chain will play a p

Light vehicle output grew by an impressive four per cent in 2006, to 66.4 million units, as demand in Asia provided a substantial boost to output. But as East European car plants continue to expand the ultimate fate of a number of plants in Western Europe