22 November 2008

Reports

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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

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

Uncertainty principle
If supply chain practice ever needs a fashionable rebranding, we could do worse than style ourselves ''risk managers'', for in these economically and politically febrile times, managing and mitigating risk is an increasing part of what we do ...
Published: 30 May 2008

A clearer view
In a world where trade is global, ''global trade management'' (GTM) sounds a fairly obvious name for what supply chain managers spend most of their time doing. In the world of European IT, however, the GTM label is a comparatively recent phenomenon ...
Published: 01 April 2008

Riders on the storm
Contract logistics, 3PL, 4PL - call it what you will - continues to be a growing business, but it is changing subtly. ...
Published: 01 April 2008

Fast fulfilment
Online shoe retailer, Zappos.com, has used sophisticated high-speed handling technology to give it an edge over high street competition. Offering the best service, an extensive product range and fast delivery was seen as essential. Zapposmade rapid...
Published: 01 February 2008

Getting in sync
Whether you are talking about a breakfast cereal called Corn Flakes or one called Flakes of Corn may not sound a big deal in the human world, but when it comes to exchanging information about products in the supply chain it could mean the...
Published: 01 February 2008

In search of productivity
Assembling the right lift truck fleet for the task at hand is one thing, managing and maintaining that fleet is quite another. ...
Published: 01 February 2008

Progressive thinking
Running a world class international distribution business requires the very best management information systems, but keeping the software updated without service disruption is a significant challenge – RS Components found a very effective solution when...
Published: 01 February 2008

What's to be heard at ESC 2008
The sixth in the series, the Extended Supply Chain 2008 conference looks set to surpass all others to date. ...
Published: 01 February 2008

Making waves
The German supermarket group Metro has taken a lead in Europe that may provide a breakthrough for RFID in Europe. Some 180 locations in the Metro Cash & Carry and Real chains have already been equipped with readers. But what has happened to Tesco’s...
Published: 01 January 2008

The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2007
For the eleventh outing of the ''Supply Chain Standard'' European Supply Chain Excellence Awards we were again delighted to have as our partner PRTM and we are very grateful to PRTM and their partners and consultants across Europe for their input this...
Published: 20 November 2007

The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2007, Sourcing & Procurement Winner: Vodafone Group Services
Among this year's finalists, two entries stood-out for the Sourcing and Procurement Award - Nuon, from the public sector, utilities and services pool, and Vodafone. ...
Published: 20 November 2007

Pressure point
It''s fair to say that, until now, most companies in the pharmaceutical and medical fields have had other things on their mind than maximising the efficiency of their supply chains. But what was once regarded as a minor cost component is coming under...
Published: 01 November 2007

The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2007, Aerospace, defence & industrial Winner: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
We arrived with four finalists in what, we must admit, is a bit of a ''mish-mash'' of a category, but is essentially the engineering industries and their supply bases. None the less, the assessors believe they have identified a worthy winner. ...
Published: 01 November 2007

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