Supply Chain Strategy & Logistics Features

22 November 2008

Features

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Coping with the crunch
The posters in the high street say it all: "half-price sale", "up to 70 per cent off", "extra discount today". As the "credit crunch" continues to bite, discretionary spending plummets and sales at discounters soar. How is the current downturn hitting...
Published: 04 November 2008

For the greater good
Creating value in the supply chain has a close relationship with cutting out waste - and one of the best ways of removing waste from the supply chain is to automate repetitive processes that add little value. ...
Published: 01 November 2008

Planning for survival
Under these testing economic circumstances, detailed planning and supply chain optimisation are going to be crucial factors in maintaining commercial and financial performance. But now, with global supply chains comes complexity and risk. Can technology...
Published: 01 November 2008

Brain Power
The brain chains controlling logistics operations, supply chain execution systems, are increasingly under scrutiny as companies position themselves to take advantage of changing economic conditions. Jessica Davies...
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

Hidden links in Asian supply chains
Supply chain visibility is a critical issue in the development of trade between the Far East and Europe but industrial fragmentation can hide the true source of a product. Jiim Ridgwick, who leads Deolitte's Sourcing practice for China provides some...
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

Out of africa
Does Africa have the potential to be the next major low-cost manufacturing region, following in the footsteps of Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia? It is certainly possible and quite probable as well. ...
Published: 03 October 2008

Green agenda in motown
Environmental concerns and rising fuel prices mean that the automotive industry is facing fundamental changes. Chris Lewis reports on the impact these changes are likely to have on the supply chain. ...
Published: 01 September 2008

Avoiding the bottlenecks
Decisions about the location and design of warehouses are critical to shaping modern supply chains, but without effective warehouse management systems to run them they cannot possibly operate efficiently ...
Published: 30 May 2008

Green impact
In stark contrast to the strong rating of the significance of green issues to the development of the business only 23 per cent measure the carbon footprint of their products Over the last decade outsourcing the manufacturer of goods to distant,...
Published: 30 May 2008

Ian Midgley, Chief supply chain officer, Unilever
How we respond to the pressures of population growth, energy efficiency, use of water, sustainable agriculture and so on will be the defining challenge for the future. How we do this is not an add-on to our supply chain work – it is our work. ...
Published: 30 May 2008

Life after the Credit Crunch
According to property pundits across Europe, despite a more subdued level of activity around the world following the recent tangle in the finance markets, occupiers of warehousing are looking at increasing rent levels. ...
Published: 30 May 2008

Take it easy
Things are changing. Top retailers are facing far more sophisticated challenges within their supply chains following the wide adoption of multi-channel strategies to market. No longer is it a matter of picking cases or pallet loads for a typical...
Published: 30 May 2008

The English patient
Healthcare is a highly political subject. When the UK’s NHS outsourced its supply chain to a logistics services company close scrutiny ensued. But the stakes are high – assurances were given that savings of €127million would bemade each year for ten...
Published: 30 May 2008

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