20 November 2008

Global View

in association with DHL EXEL SUPPLY CHAIN

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Addressing the last link in the chain
The adoption of a sound strategy at the port-to-destination leg of the supply chain can have a direct impact on the amount and position of inventory, accuracy of forecasting, availability of product at DC, store or manufacturing line, and ultimately the...
Published: 01 April 2008

The challenge of change
Supply chain management is at one of those once-in-decade crossroads when it is time to make significant changes to accepted practices in order to maintain efficiency and profitability. NIGEL GALLIER looks at some of the challenges ahead. ...
Published: 01 February 2008

Taking the trial out of pharmaceutical testing
Bringing new drugs to market is a very expensive business: typically it can cost over €500 million and - given time limitations on patents - the pharmaceuticals company then has just 5-10 years or so to recoup its investment and make a profit for most...
Published: 01 November 2007

Creative outsourcing
When it comes to strategic outsourcing, cost and service benefits can be taken for granted - the key factor to look for, argues NICK CULLEN, is innovation. ...
Published: 01 October 2007

Putting collaboration centre stage
With transport costs rising and green issues increasingly on the agenda. The FMCG sector needs to adopt a more collaborative approach to solving the sector's distribution challenges, says Hugh Basham ...
Published: 01 September 2007

Developing a partnership approach
Ensuring that an organisation’s supply chain supports the delivery of its business strategies, whilst maximising shareholder value and financial returns, has always been a challenge. However, given today’s increasingly global, complex and fragmented...
Published: 29 June 2007

New Challenges for Hi-Tech Supply Chains
The hi-tech industry is in a state of flux: gone are the days when companies managed their own R & D, production and marketing. Today, many outsource some of these tasks with an emphasis on mass customisation and bespoke promotional initiatives. This...
Published: 01 May 2007

Part and parcel
Having the right service parts available when customers need them is now critical in maintaining brand image, loyalty and service level agreements. Jasper van der Wulp argues that global operations and just-in-time manufacturing trends are putting an...
Published: 01 April 2007

The Cross-Border Implications of WEEE
Many businesses preparing for the implementation of WEEE have overlooked the important role – and potentially significant cost – logistics could play in bringing the new legislation into force, explains Paul James ...
Published: 01 March 2007

A Year of Challenges and Innovative Growth
What are the key challenges facing the logistics sector in 2007? Claude Boisselet examines five of this year’s major preoccupations. ...
Published: 01 February 2007

The challenge of the East
Eastern European countries are some of the world’s most rapidly growing markets with high demand for consumer goods and an expanding manufacturing base – but the logistics infrastructure is often woefully inadequate. Leigh Pomlett highlights some...
Published: 01 November 2006

A fashion for European expansion
Price deflation, globalisation, rising costs, increasing competition from online operations and supermarkets, and ever-more demanding consumers: it all adds up to an extremely tough trading environment for fashion retailers – but Europe offers...
Published: 01 October 2006

Heading for a traffic free future
Cutting congestion in our city centres is vital before we all grind into permanent gridlock. Chris Hudson puts the case for urban consolidation centres ...
Published: 01 September 2006

A change of gear
Structural change in the automotive sector is placing a heavy emphasis on the supply chain and increasing dependence on international logistics providers. By Mark Seager ...
Published: 01 July 2006

Catching the wave
Buoyant times lie ahead for sea freight operations, says Chris Fahy. For many years regarded as a largely commoditised activity, concerned only with port-toport operations, sea freight is, at last, winning recognition for the crucial role it has to play...
Published: 01 May 2006

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