Supply Chain Strategy & Logistics Features

08 January 2009

Features

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A perfect order
One definition is the right product in the right quantity from the right source to the right destination in the right condition at the right time with the right documentation for the right cost. An awful lot of rights, and possibly not an awful lot of...
Published: 01 December 2008

Belron
Once again the Retail & Distribution category drew plenty of entries and brought past contestants back into competition with each other. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Citysprint
In previous years the judges have been disappointed that few entries emphasised the environmental, sustainability or wider Corporate Social Responsibility aspects of their submissions. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Electrabel
The Public Sector, Services & Utilities category is one of the most difficult awards to judge. The great diversity of entries, from power generation and railways to medical services, makes direct comparison a tough task. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Guy's & Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Innovation is a tricky thing to assess. Whereas many may believe they are being innovative with their initiatives, others may see those approaches as merely good practice solutions or perhaps just novel developments. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Hewlett Packard CDs
The Sourcing & Procurement category came down to a shortlist of three companies - British Ceramic Tile, Haldex and Hewlett Packard CDS. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Kimberly-Clark
The Fast Moving Consumer Goods/Consumer Packaged Goods category was hard fought this year with four good entries from C&C Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Hero and Kimberly-Clark. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Klaus-Michael Kuehne
The Individual Contribution Award is different from all the other categories in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards: you, the reader, nominate the candidates and vote by email for the winner. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Mondi
This year German companies dominated the shortlist for the Aerospace, Defence & Industrial category. What is more, this was a high scoring sector and that always makes the judging a little more difficult. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Nokia siemens networks
Nokia Siemens Networks has followed a radical transformational strategy. The Overall Winner Award is the most highly coveted supply chain award in Europe. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Nokia siemens networks
As always, this is a greatly contested category. The Telecoms, Hi-Tech & Electronics sector consistently scores highly and is typically the highest scoring sector in the awards programme owing to its unique demands and its correspondingly advanced...
Published: 01 December 2008

Pinnacle of excellence
More than four hundred of Europe's leading supply chain professionals attended the prize-giving event of the 12th European Supply Chain Excellence Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on the evening of the 28th October. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

The Lego Group
Logistics and fulfilment is a core element of supply chain management, so of all the categories this is the one where virtually all our entrants could have made a worthy contribution - and indeed, nine of them did. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

Time to take stock of the supply chain
At a time when businesses across the world are facing tough economic times, retailers have the option to take stock and review their strategies and identify the appropriate back office improvements to deliver an agile and flexible supply chain without...
Published: 01 December 2008

Vodafone
The Team of the Year category is one of the most difficult to assess. Team work can mean very different things to different people. And of course, it would be hard for any supply chain to develop, transform or improve significantly in an environment...
Published: 01 December 2008

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