12 March 2010

John Lamb

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Many happy recalls and returns
Companies have become increasingly liberal in their returns policies but have they got the balance right? ...
Published: 01 December 2009

Improving forecast accuracy
The ancient Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times" now afflicts everyone Involved in the supply chain. ...
Published: 27 February 2009

The rising cost of ERP support
The November annual conference of the SAP UK and Ireland User Group promises to throw light on an increasingly contentious aspect of logistics IT: the cost of running enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. ...
Published: 03 October 2008

China's marathon
China''s determination that the Olympics should take place under blue skies in August means that the government will close factories and restrict traffic during the month-long sportsfest in a bid to cut the air pollution near Beijing. ...
Published: 30 May 2008

Sick and tired
Unwieldy and inefficient healthcare supply chains are on the operating table. Implanting auto ID technologymay be a life saving procedure. ...
Published: 01 February 2008

Time to talk
Since IBM bought out its first mainframe, user conferences have been a feature of the technology business. In the early days they were serious gatherings at which men in white shirts with rows of pens in their top pockets read the runes of the latest...
Published: 01 November 2007

People before profits
Corporate social responsibility is the new bottom line in business but how can logisticians get a handle on it in an often contradictory business environment? ...
Published: 01 September 2007

Summit explores the benefits of being lean
Cutting out waste is the core principle of a Lean philosophy, as those who attended the recent Unipart Logistics Supply Chain Summit found out. ...
Published: 01 September 2007

An Eco-Waste of Effort
A European directive intended to cut waste is proving to be inefficient and close to impossible to administer – wasteful, in a word. John Lamb ...
Published: 01 May 2007

Less Hot Air
As environmental issues move up the corporate agenda, logistics companies are turning to technology to help them and their customers reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they emit. ...
Published: 01 March 2007

Visible assets
Technology could mitigate the effects of a bird flu pandemic by providing more visibility in the global supply chain. ...
Published: 01 November 2006

Oil’s well
Oil bonanza may benefit the supply chain. By John Lamb ...
Published: 01 November 2006

SOA - so what?
Services oriented architecture could make access to software simpler, but is the retail industry interested? ...
Published: 01 October 2006

Dirty data
Let’s clean IT up. By John Lamb ...
Published: 01 September 2006

Small wonders
Crumbs for the software small fry after shake out. By John Lamb ...
Published: 01 May 2006

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