03 July 2009

Corporate Insight

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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

NEW 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

Balancing risk
Two major humanitarian disasters - the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake - provided a sombre backdrop to ''Supply Chain Standard''s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting's ...
Published:  30 May 2008

Getting to grips with collaboration
For an older generation, ''collaboration'' has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential ...
Published:  30 May 2008

Reducing the risk of sc transformation
Retailers and manufacturers are under immense pressure to increase the performance of their supply chains, so it is not surprising that many resort to tough tactics in response to growing competition. ...
Published:  30 May 2008

Oliver Wight
Oliver Wight is a leading specialist consultancy, operating in over 20 countries worldwide, delivering business excellence for clients through sustainable behaviour change. ...
Published:  08 May 2008

Reducing the risk of SC transformation
Once companies have made an initial change investment, how do they optimise their supply chains and continually drive for incremental improvements in people and processes? Sue Pryce shows the way. ...
Published:  30 April 2008

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