The focus for RFID is shifting away from large scale efforts to automate data capture based on mandates, towards more modest efforts to introduce the technology in tandem with complimentary systems. Soon companies may well have a diverse range of technolo
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Sustainability is high on our agenda but so are ethical requirements. As a supplier to blue chip companies as well as a brand leader in our own right, we have to protect their reputations and our own
The expansion of the EU has brought new opportunities to northern Italy as the southern conduit between east and west. However, Italy”s neighbours to the east are providing stiff competition in terms of cost and are likely to continue to do so.
Poor on-shelf availability is a cardinal sin in retailing. Out-of-stock situations can have a damaging impact on sales, profitability and customer loyalty. When faced with an out-of-stock, at least 40 per cent of shoppers do not make a substitute purchase
Implementing GS1 standards in hospitals not only prevents logistics from being the missing link in product traceability, it also contributes to the security of care services and allows health practitioners to focus on their core business: providing care.
Healthcare Logistics has won the contract to distribute GlaxoSmithKline travel health vaccines to GP surgeries, hospitals and pharmacists
Bibby Distribution’s parent company has bought a 51 per cent stake in the Costcutter retail group in a deal estimated to be worth about £100m.
Samsung has relocated its distribution centre, which deals in small electronics and spare parts, from the UK to Breda, the Netherlands.
Watching the transcontinental trucks thunder down the motorway focusses the mind on all that burning diesel. Can’t we use trains more?
Because we are not as big as the likes of Nokia we need to focus on customer interaction rather than achieving critical mass, says Sony Ericsson’s senior president, corporate development
