Waitrose names new supply chain director
The new supply chain director of Waitrose is to be David Jones, who is currently the divisional registrar at parent group John Lewis ... Published:  27 July 2010

Data inaccuracy costs retail £1.4 bn
A new white paper, co athored by Professor Alan Braithwaite, estimates that data inaccuracy among the top five retailers and their suppliers is costing as much as £1.4 billion per year – a considerably higher figure than previously estimated ... Published:  02 July 2010

Vanderlande launches new automated case picker
Vanderlande Industries has completed development and implementation of its automated case picker, which forms the heart of the company’s new automated case picking system ... Published:  29 June 2010

Shelf assessment
If you're in FMCG manufacturing, then I'm sure you have experienced the problems that occur all too often in fulfilling 'special promotion' campaigns. Poor communication of shelf-level sales performance data and fuzzy visibility of shopper insights are... Published:  03 October 2008

Efficiency is on the cards
The drive for efficiency in physical supply chains has benefited firms prepared to adopt new models and technology. Meanwhile, the financial supply chain has ground to make up if it is to avoid becoming a significant bottleneck. ... Published:  01 April 2008

Have you booked your awards place?
In just six weeks the winners of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2009 will be announced at a glittering celebration dinner in London before an audience of more than 450 industry leaders. ... Published:  01 October 2009

Innovation Award Winner 2008: Guy's & St Thomas
Innovation is a tricky thing to assess. Whereas many may believe they are being innovative with their initiatives, others may see those approaches as merely good practice solutions or perhaps just novel developments. ... Published:  01 December 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

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