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The Blog

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What an idea
There is an inherent danger within any long established, reasonably successful organisation to assume that there is little need for change. ‘It’s the way we’ve always done it’, ‘If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’, you know the thinking. A sort of...
Published: 06 October 2008

Cash flow gets a new lease of life
Under tight trading conditions cash flow is everything. And nowhere is this more clearly understood than in the retail sector. That’s why leading retailers are putting pressure on landlords to change their lease terms to more flexible arrangements on...
Published: 29 September 2008

Into the black hole
The switching on of the Large Hadron Collider on the 10th September may not have created the black hole some feared, but then something of a black hole appears to be consuming the world’s banking infrastructure and with it all available...
Published: 23 September 2008

Trading places
It seems, at last, the humble shipping container has got its 15 minutes of fame – well, a whole year of it in fact. ...
Published: 17 September 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. But...
Published: 08 September 2008

The bigger game
Now that the Beijing Olympic Games are over what will happen to China’s booming economy? Will it continue to enjoy its position as the world’s emerging manufacturing powerhouse? Or will rising inflation, a growing green consciousness in the West and...
Published: 02 September 2008

Is there money in going green?
Green logistics has been top of the agenda for supply chain professionals in the UK for some time now. Marks & Spencer took a lead with its “Plan A” (because there is no Plan B) and it is now hard to find a company that doesn’t have an environmental...
Published: 19 August 2008

Who do you think deserves recognition?
The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards offer the happy opportunity to say thank you to an individual who has made major contribution to the theory and practice of supply chain management. ...
Published: 12 August 2008

Resilience is the key
All across Europe, banks are writing off billions of euros as the credit crunch takes its toll. Deutsche Bank’s last figures show that pre-tax profit for the quarter April-June at 642m euros was down from 2.7 billion euros the year before ...
Published: 05 August 2008

Going green: who pays?
Apparently, going green is all very desirable – but only if someone else is paying for it. A survey conducted by Transport Intelligence and sponsored by IT supplier Kewill found that three quarters of companies awarding logistics contracts included...
Published: 28 July 2008

Taxes that target the supply chain
The workhorse of logistics operations across Europe is the humble and all too often unloved lorry. The past few years have seen all sorts of positive discrimination ideas to encourage the use of alternative modes of transport but at the end of...
Published: 22 July 2008

Supply chain skills at a premium
The findings from PRTM’s latest Global Supply Chain Trends Survey indicate that “by 2010, the need for greater supply chain flexibility will overtake product quality and customer service as the major driver for improving supply chain...
Published: 15 July 2008

Who owns the logistics industry?
Who owns the logistics industry? On the face of it, that might seem a bizarre question, but stay with me for a moment because even a superficial survey reveals changing patterns of investment around Europe. ...
Published: 08 July 2008

Taking advantage of the crunch
More evidence of the impact of the credit crunch on supply chains comes from the Aberdeen Group which suggests that adopting technology to improve productivity will help businesses in the supply chain weather the storm ...
Published: 01 July 2008

Sustainability – time to be a little more selfish
Going green is often presented as a purely altruistic exercise – being kind to small furry creatures, saving the planet for future generations and so on. ...
Published: 24 June 2008

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