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

Tesco to open Reading and Dagenham DCs
Tesco is reorganising its distribution network with new sites in Reading and Dagenham, to move products closer to stores and to keep up with its growing convenience business in the South East... Published:  05 March 2013

Unilever plan to lower European inventory
Unilever is implementing a new system to optimise its forecasting and lower its European inventory ... Published:  20 February 2013

What’s wrong with horsemeat?
I suspect that there are plenty of people around the world who are astonished at the furore that has arisen in the UK over the discovery of horsemeat in burgers ... Published:  05 February 2013

Waste not, want not
UK grocery manufacturers and retailers are beating their targets for cutting supply chain waste, according to WRAP, the government-backed organisation driving improvements in waste management ... Published:  15 October 2012

Ian Midgley, Chief supply chain officer, Unilever
How we respond to the pressures of population growth, energy efficiency, use of water, sustainable agriculture and so on will be the defining challenge for the future. How we do this is not an add-on to our supply chain work – it is our work. ... Published:  30 May 2008

Riders on the storm
Contract logistics, 3PL, 4PL - call it what you will - continues to be a growing business, but it is changing subtly. ... Published:  01 April 2008

Time to collaborate with the competition?
The need to develop sustainable distribution systems is driving new interest in collaboration, but companies still need to learn that logistics need not be a competitive issue, argues DEAN WYATT ... 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