Supply Chain Strategy & Logistics Features

04 July 2009

Features

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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

Motivation in a downturn
Managing an efficient and happy workforce is a matter of good communications, a strong team ethos and a great deal of flexibility. But in these tough times how do you keep staff motivated for the task? Nick Allen ...
Published: 01 July 2009

Critical source
Global sourcing has become a critical part of the supply chainmix, but with trade slowing having a clear understanding of supply chain costs is a top priority. ...
Published: 05 May 2009

Rich and green
Sustainable sourcing and supply chains offer true competitive advantage, argue Jeremy Hammant and Alan Braithwaite of LCP Consulting....
Published: 05 May 2009

Extend your vision
This year's Extended Supply Chain conference will explore ways of maximising collaboration, minimising risk and delivering value - essential factors for surviving the downturn. ...
Published: 27 February 2009

Danger in the chain
In a cold economic climate where manufacturers, retailers and suppliers are increasingly exposed to the dangers of financial failure, can steps be taken to ensure the integrity of the chain? Can good planning and set procedures reduce the chances of...
Published: 27 February 2009

The visible connection
The holy grail for supply chain management is to gain complete visibility throughout the chain. But to do this a great deal of connectivity is needed across a diverse network of internal operations and processes, as well as external suppliers and...
Published: 30 January 2009

Manage risk in your chain
The most important thing for suppliers used to be getting the right price. Now they are looking for large stable customers with early payment terms - so payment has become a critical activity for suppliers who are managing tight cash flows. The days when...
Published: 30 January 2009

A perfect order
One definition is the right product in the right quantity from the right source to the right destination in the right condition at the right time with the right documentation for the right cost. An awful lot of rights, and possibly not an awful lot of...
Published: 01 December 2008

Aerospace, Defence & Industrial Award Winner 2008: Mondi
This year German companies dominated the shortlist for the Aerospace, Defence & Industrial category. What is more, this was a high scoring sector and that always makes the judging a little more difficult. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

CSR Award Winner 2008: Citysprint
In previous years the judges have been disappointed that few entries emphasised the environmental, sustainability or wider Corporate Social Responsibility aspects of their submissions. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

FMCG/CPG Award Winner 2008: Kimberly-Clark
The Fast Moving Consumer Goods/Consumer Packaged Goods category was hard fought this year with four good entries from C&C Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Hero and Kimberly-Clark. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Individual Contribution Award Winner 2008: Klaus-Michael Kuehne
The Individual Contribution Award is different from all the other categories in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards: you, the reader, nominate the candidates and vote by email for the winner. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

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

Logistics & Fulfilment Award Winner 2008: The Lego Group
Logistics and fulfilment is a core element of supply chain management, so of all the categories this is the one where virtually all our entrants could have made a worthy contribution - and indeed, nine of them did. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

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