04 February 2012

Thought Leadership

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Crimson to showcase updated scprime book
Supply chain consultancy Crimson & Co has launched an updated version of its scprime book, covering the journey to supply chain excellence – and will be showcasing it at the Extended Supply Chain conference in London in April ...
Published: 01 February 2012

Nissan talks 'lean' at 1-2-1 Summit
Nissan’s site in Sunderland is regularly cited as Europe’s most productive car plant – and a key element of its success is an integrated supply chain which is designed to produce the most efficient process flow. ...
Published: 14 November 2011

Mars wins Fresh Connection
Mars has won the final round of the Fresh Connection supply chain competition ...
Published: 22 July 2011

Bunker levy is “passing the buck”
The British Shippers Council, a democratic arm of the FTA, has lambasted proposals to impose a bunker levy on shippers to fund environmental compensation schemes, saying it would simply pass on shipping carbon costs rather than actually reducing...
Published: 15 July 2011

EU project for compliance and visibility
A consortium of businesses, government authorities and research institutes have combined eFreight and eCustoms to improve supply chain visibility and enhance trade compliance and the effectiveness of border controls in the Cassandra project ...
Published: 14 July 2011

Oliver Wight warns against short-term planning
When planning, organisations spend the majority of their time focusing on the short term and in the majority of cases the business leader does not lead the business planning process, according to a poll by Oliver Wight ...
Published: 12 July 2011

PepsiCo France skills exchange deal with STEF-TFE
PepsiCo France and temperature-controlled logistics specialist STEF-TFE have signed an agreement to share supply chain human resources under a logistics contract which binds the two groups until 2013 ...
Published: 12 July 2011

Eli Goldratt
Supply chain academic and consultant Dr Eli Goldratt died at his home on Saturday 11th June ...
Published: 07 July 2011

Motoring to supply chain success
Supply chains in the Automotive Aerospace and Industrial sectors tend to be global and highly integrated putting them among the most sophisticated of any market sector ...
Published: 25 May 2011

Coca-Cola Enterprise challenges suppliers to reduce CO2
Coca-Cola Enterprises has challenged its suppliers to measure their carbon footprint and develop their own carbon reduction plans at its second annual Supplier Sustainability Summit...
Published: 25 May 2011

Tate & Lyle takes lead in SC game
In the third round of the SCALA Fresh Connection competition, Tate & Lyle have taken the lead, followed by a team from Innocent Drinks ...
Published: 24 May 2011

Procurement under the spotlight
Effective Sourcing & Procurement can provide a clear competitive advantage and there are always strong candidates for this category in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards ...
Published: 24 May 2011

Business leaders optimism about growth
Two thirds of business leaders are more optimistic about the prospects for European growth in the year ahead than they were twelve months ago, according to a survey by Accenture ...
Published: 18 May 2011

Muller is front runner in fresh Connection
The second round of the SCALA Fresh Connection competition was won by the team from Muller Dairies, followed by a team from Mars UK ...
Published: 17 May 2011

Horizontal collaboration under scrutiny
Horizontal collaboration is the latest hot topic to be addressed at the 1-2-1 supply chain summit in June. ...
Published: 16 May 2011

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