John Lewis talks multi-channel
John Lewis will talk about its cost saving automation and meeting the growing demands of multi-channel retailing at the Logistics Manager Summit at Sandown Park on 26th June... Published:  23 April 2013

Knapp wins Boss deal
Fashion brand Hugo Boss has commissioned Knapp to supply the warehouse automation for its new distribution centre in Germany, including the largest OSR shuttle of its kind in the world... Published:  09 October 2012

Adidas takes RedPrairie workforce IT
Sports brand Adidas has gone live with RedPrairie’s workforce management system at its retail facilities in Singapore... Published:  21 September 2012

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

Watch your Guanxi
How to mitigate the risk of problems of cultural difference when sourcing from China. ... Published:  01 February 2008

Fashionably flexible
Fashion can be a fickle thing. What’s in one week might be old news the next week so retailers need to keep on top of changing trends and adapt supply chains accordingly to thrive. Lucy Tesseras ... Published:  01 July 2009

Fast fashion
Prof Jose Luis Nueno of the IESE Business School explains to Malory Davies the supply chain philosophy that has made Zara such a formidable competitor in the high street fashion business. ... Published:  01 July 2009

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

Inventory:the great debate
No one ever got fired for having too much inventory, but they certainly have for running out of stock. With that warning from Professor David Simchi-Levi, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ringing in their ears attendees at Supply Chain... Published:  01 November 2007