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.
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01 July 2009
Last chance to enter the awards
Gordon Colborn of PRTM Management Consultants writes: The 9th annual European Supply Chain Excellence Awards is now open for entry and offers an outstanding opportunity to recognise the progress you have made in improving the performance of your...
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01 July 2009
Off the rails
European retailerWE Fashion, which operates 230 stores across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and France, has implemented a series of Oracle Retail applications....
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01 July 2009
Supplier liquidity challenge to supply chains
New research shows that global companies are increasingly moving to support suppliers and safeguard their supply chains.
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01 July 2009
Mega deal for K+N
Virgin Megastore has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a five-year contract to support the optimisation of its inventory management in France....
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29 June 2009
Logistics provider and Polish airline joins forces
Logistics provider time:matters has teamed up with LOT Polish Airlines in a move to increase the route frequency of its same-day courier service and cut transport times....
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29 June 2009
UPS expands out east
UPS is set to increase its contract logistics, freight forwarding, and express package services across the Middle East, Turkey and portions of central Asia.
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29 June 2009
Retailer transforms supply chain with RFID
International apparel retailer Charles Vögele has implemented a Merchandise Visibility system in a move to RFID-enable its whole supply chain.
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25 June 2009
New study says financial chiefs neglect procurement
Chief financial officers in businesses worldwide are “shunning risk management in favour of cost cutting, and failing to treat supply chain dangers seriously enough",
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25 June 2009
Norbert wins health & beauty contract
Norbert Dentressangle has won a contract to handle UK warehousing and distribution for Cosmeticus H&B, an importer and distributor of beauty, health and hygiene products.
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Published:
25 June 2009
Vitronic captures Spanish delivery company
Spanish express delivery and transport services provider Buytrago has installed Vitronics’s camera-based VIPAC identification system at its Madrid distribution centre.
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Published:
25 June 2009
DHL strengthens Medical Express service
DHL has increased its DHL Medical Express service to deal with the inbound and outbound transport of time-sensitive medicines,
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Published:
25 June 2009
Jaguar outsources B2B e-commerce with GXS
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has chosen GXS Managed Services to enable it to continue to work with more electronic data interchange (EDI) based suppliers around the world.
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Published:
25 June 2009
UK must do more to compete with world trade
International traders have called on the British government to step up its efforts towards international trade or face losing out to European rivals. ...
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19 June 2009
Bolam calls for competitors to collaborate
Brian Bolam, director of ELUPEG, has called for companies to open up more to collaboration, not just with suppliers, and service providers, but with direct competitors.
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Published:
19 June 2009