23 May 2013

Corporate Insight

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Winning chains under scrutiny
Leading supply chain professionals gathered in London last month for the Extended Supply Chain conference with a programme that included presentations from supply chain award winners ...
Published:  01 April 2013

Creating Profitable, Visible and Compliant Value Chains
Oracle hosted a day long session for senior supply chain executives in UK to share best practices and hear how other customers’ are using its’ value chain solutions ...
Published:  21 February 2013

Supply chain design and optimisation
The health of an organisation depends more than ever on its ability to meet the needs of its customers - and thisis dependent on optimisation of the entire supply chain. ...
Published:  07 December 2012

Driving a competitive value chain
This year’s pre-conference day at ESC 2012 was a veritable supply chain feast for the audience of senior European supply chain professionals... ...
Published:  23 April 2012

Slow information flow costing UK business £1.2bn per year: a new report
Recent research commissioned by Oracle reveals the scale and cost of slow information flow through the supply chain. Interviews with 100 supply chain executives highlighted the end results; from oversized inventories to wasted man hours and lost...
Published:  28 January 2011

Best Practices to Reduce International Freight Costs
The drive to capture the business benefits of low cost country sourcing has far out-paced the processes and systems needed to efficiently manage the global supply chain. Most importers do not have a formal solution to manage international transportation...
Published:  30 March 2010

Trade Agreement Best Practices Benchmark Report
Free Trade Agreements are increasingly popular among global companies searching for ways to reduce costs and remain competitive. But the intricacies of FTAs are complicated. To successfully benefit from the full potential that FTAs offer, companies must...
Published:  30 March 2010

Simplifying global trade and logistics
A move away from paper-based processes to electronic processing has always been an essential strategy to improve efficiencies in customs clearance. WOLFGANG SCHWAB identifies some of the challenges that exist in implementing an electronic customs...
Published:  19 August 2009

Cutting cost, securing trust: sustainability, a new report
Oracle recently conducted a survey of 50 UK businesses, in which 92% said sustainability remains a business priority: it is an important process for cutting costs, minimising supply chain risk and securing trust among customers, investors and employees....
Published:  22 July 2009

Take the green route out of the red
Maurice Dalton, senior vice president at ProLogis Developments, looks at how the green agenda is impacting on warehouse design. ...
Published:  05 May 2009

Oracle - A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit
The Demand-driven supply chain: a holistic approach’: apply the full array of leverage at your disposal to shape and manage demand to maximise profits ...
Published:  09 February 2009

Argos
Argos, the largest non-food retailer in the UK, partnered with Vanderlande Industries on an automated distribution centre, including WCS, which lowered operational costs and improved efficiency, productivity and picking accuracy. ...
Published:  24 November 2008

Strategix - Improving supply chain efficiency in a tightening economy
Margins are going south. Customer expectations are heading north. Supply chains are becoming ever more global and complex and the dark cloud of recession looms over everything. ...
Published:  18 November 2008

Oracle - The Science of Sustainability
The Science of Sustainability: insights from purchasing and supply directors at leading companies such as DHL Logistics, Zara, Kimberly-Clark and over 50 others. ...
Published:  29 September 2008

Oracle - The path to a truly sustainable supply chain
Today, environmental issues dominate boardroom discussions. This is highlighted in an industry survey for Oracle, based on interviews with supply chain professionals from major UK businesses, which reveals that sustainability comes above all other...
Published:  12 September 2008

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