Supply Chain News

11 March 2010

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Time to test yourself against the best
The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2010 are now open for entries. The Awards are the gold standard for supply chain operations in Europe attracting entries from the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers and supply chain specialists. ...
Published: 11 March 2010

We have successfully managed the crisis, says Deutsche Post DHL chief
Deutsche Post DHL produced earnings before interest and tax of 231 million euros in 2009 – a 124 per cent EBIT improvement on the 966m euro loss in 2008....
Published: 09 March 2010

Louis Vuitton fashions deal with K+N Japan
Louis Vuitton Japan has signed a contract with Kuehne + Nagel Japan for the management of its regional distribution centre. ...
Published: 09 March 2010

Cathay plan to boost cargo profitability
Cathay Pacific Airways is implementing JDA Cargo Revenue Optimiser to help improve profitability of its cargo operation....
Published: 09 March 2010

Hungarian acquisition for TDG
TDG has acquired Hungarian transport business RRS Logistics in a move that enables the group to extend its full range of services in Central and Eastern Europe....
Published: 08 March 2010

K+N defiant despite drop in EBITDA
Kuehne + Nagel has posted a 13.2 per cent drop in EBITDA to £545.8 million (CHF 885 million) for the year ended 31st December 2009 compared to the previous year. ...
Published: 08 March 2010

Walmart plans to cut 20m tonnes of greenhouse gases
Walmart has set itself the goal of cutting 20 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015 - one and a half times the company's estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years....
Published: 08 March 2010

DHL invests in Hong Kong hub
DHL is set to invest HK$360 million (£27 million) to expand its operations into a single, multi-user facility for DHL Supply Chain to accommodate growth in Hong Kong....
Published: 08 March 2010

Ceva beats cost saving targets
Ceva beat its cost saving target by more than 25 per cent during 2009, removing £113m (125m euros) of cost from the business....
Published: 08 March 2010

Mothercare deploys Kewill Trade
Mothercare has deployed Kewill’s web-based order management system, Kewill Trade, enabling it to develop a flexible, scalable supply chain trading platform to support expansion of its international operations....
Published: 08 March 2010

Kühne launches logistics university
The Kühne School of Logistics and Management is founding a private independent university: The Kühne Logistics University (KLU), which will become part of the Hamburg cluster for logistics research institutes. ...
Published: 08 March 2010

Fujifilm snaps up K+N deal in Poland
Fujifilm, the Japanese manufacturer of cameras and photographic processing, has outsourced its contract logistics to Kuehne + Nagel in Poland in order to consolidate the inventories of its three warehouses in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
Published: 01 March 2010

German toy retailer automates distribution centre
German retailer myToys.de’s plans to open new distribution centre at Langenselbold in June which will use an automated sortation systems to give a throughput of 11,000 items an hour....
Published: 01 March 2010

New supply chain system for Belgian retailer
Retailer Delhaize Belgium is to implement an integrated supply chain ERP platform designed to enable it to standardise its supply chain transactions, increasing efficiency and productivity. ...
Published: 01 March 2010

Dachser ends co-operation with Future Group
Dachser is set to take over the management of the marketing of its worldwide airfreight services as part of its expansion strategy and terminate its co-operation with the Future Group....
Published: 01 March 2010

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