Pundits and politicians talk about the need for joined-up thinking, and ERP vendors and systems integrators are equally enthisiastic. But just how joined-up are our supply chains in reality?
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The Healthcare category produced four shortlisted finalists, although for reasons that are obscure, one fancied entry didn”t continue through the assessment procedure.
Supermarkets are distorting competition through supply chain practices that transfer excessive risks and unexpected costs to suppliers, according to the Competition Commission.
Ryder has won a three year contract extension, to provide delivery vans and drivers to the Airedale NHS Trust, centred on the Airedale General Hospital, in Keighley.
DHL has won a £100 million contract with retailer TK Maxx.
IDS Logistics, formerly PB Logistics, is opening a 390,000 sq ft distribution centre in Sheffield, bringing its total retail footprint to nearly 2.4 million sq ft.
Healthcare Logistics, part of the Movianto Group, has been renamed Movianto UK, after 30 years trading as Healthcare Logistics.
French hypermarket retailer, Leclerc Lecasud, has started using voice activation in its dry goods warehouse on a personal digital assistant using the Aldata GOLD vocal module.
Companies that master procurement generate higher savings and have lower costs than with average or low performing companies, according to a study by Accenture.
Savoye Logistics recently implemented a software driven system to manage logistic flows for pharmaceutical group Novartis.
