The shortlist is in for the Individual Contribution Award
Cast your vote today to decide the winner of the Individual Contribution Award, sponsored by Michael Page Procurement and Supply Chain, in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2008. ... Published:  17 September 2008

Discuss key industry issues with SCS and IBM
Supply Chain Standard, in association with IBM, has organised an exclusive event for a specially invited audience of senior supply chain professionals in London’s Mayfair on 16th October between 4pm and 7pm.... Published:  08 September 2008

Have you been shortlisted for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2008?
The following companies have been shortlisted for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2008: ... Published:  12 August 2008

Encouraging long tail IT
Despite whatever the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics - robustly "disputed" by the British Retail Consortium - would have us believe, sales in the high street are rather less than buoyant. The ONS's 3.8 per cent year-on-year increase... Published:  03 October 2008

Fulfilling your destiny
Multi-channel retailing has become a way of life, and it is an essential customer offering for store retailers. One third (18 million) of all UK consumers have purchased online. More and more retailers are online, even in those retail sectors where the... Published:  03 October 2008

Instant Gratification
As online retail sales gain significance hitherto unheard of, reaching 5.2 per cent of all retail sales in 2007, e-fulfilment is no longer an issue that can be ignored. For many high street brands online sales are now critical to overall profitability.... Published:  03 October 2008

The multi-channel challenge
People want the product, as a low price, but they really don’t want the hassle. But what does it take to provide convenience and control in a multi-channel environment? ... Published:  03 October 2008

Balancing risk
Two major humanitarian disasters - the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake - provided a sombre backdrop to ''Supply Chain Standard''s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting's ... Published:  30 May 2008

Getting to grips with collaboration
For an older generation, ''collaboration'' has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential ... Published:  30 May 2008