View the web TV debate on sustainable supply chains
Sustainability is a boardroom issue and the critical considerations come under scrutiny in the web TV debate hosted by Supply Chain Standard in association with Oracle. ... Published:  07 October 2008

Toshiba opens European logistics centre
Toshiba Electronics Europe has opened a new European logistics centre that is designed to streamline services for customers, reducing delivery times. ... Published:  07 October 2008

C&A picks ProLogis for French RDC
ProLogis is to build a 475,000 sq ft warehouse near Paris for clothing retailer C&A. The facility will be developed 45km southeast of the capital in Presles. ... Published:  07 October 2008

Matching makes invoice heaven
Why intelligent matching is key to gaining control of payment cycles - and saving cash throughout capturing early settlement discounts. ... Published:  03 October 2008

Running circles around environmental savings
As just about everyone has come to realise, sustainability is a big issue and one that has got the corporate world falling over itself to issue environmental policies and green initiatives that outshine the rest. Of course, this is most commendable.... Published:  03 October 2008

Green impact
In stark contrast to the strong rating of the significance of green issues to the development of the business only 23 per cent measure the carbon footprint of their products Over the last decade outsourcing the manufacturer of goods to distant,... Published:  30 May 2008

Uncertainty principle
If supply chain practice ever needs a fashionable rebranding, we could do worse than style ourselves ''risk managers'', for in these economically and politically febrile times, managing and mitigating risk is an increasing part of what we do ... 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