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04 February 2012

Corporate Insight

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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

Kewill - Filtering Complexity
The traditional linear supply chain has had its day - the complications of global trade, the multitude of potential sales channels and growing customer choice have all contributed to its demise. ...
Published: 12 September 2008

Kewill Green Logistics Survey
Despite many companies’ avowed commitment to ‘greening’ their logistics operations, it seems that most expect their sub-contractors to pick up the bill. ...
Published: 12 September 2008

GAME Stores
GAME Stores (specialist video-game retailer from the UK) and Vanderlande Industries cooperated on an automated distribution centre which lowered GAME Stores’ resource dependency, improved their efficiency and flexibility and improved their service level...
Published: 02 September 2008

Innovative partner networks
Industry leaders focused on the critical issues of creating and managing effective supply chain partner networks at the latest Supply Chain Standard Round Table, sponsored by Wesupply. ...
Published: 22 July 2008

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