Belspeed chooses RedPrairie
European fashion logistics provider Belspeed has implemented a warehouse management system by RedPrairie in a bid to increase productivity and efficiency. ... Published:  03 July 2008

Win Europe's top supply chain award
The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards are recognised as Europe’s most prestigious supply chain awards – and now it’s your chance to join the elite list of companies that have attained one of Europe’s top prizes ... Published:  02 July 2008

Knapp AG acquires Moving AB for £7.9m
Knapp AG, the Austrian warehouse automation supplier, has bought Swedish logistics firm Moving AB from its owner Atle Industri for an estimated ten million Euros (£7.9 million), as it tries to strengthen its position in Scandinavia. ... Published:  16 June 2008

Automation of invoices pays off
Any stage in the accounts process that involves manual activity acts as a drag on efficiency and profitability so it''s no surprise that SAP users are turning their attention to extending process automation beyond core processes to traditionally ... Published:  30 May 2008

Getting along
Talking to a range of companies recently about how collaboration in the supply chain has changed in the past few years provided some food for thought. ... Published:  30 May 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

Balancing risk
Two major humanitarian disasters - the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake - provided a sombre backdrop to ''Supply Chain Standard''s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting's ... Published:  30 May 2008

Getting to grips with collaboration
For an older generation, ''collaboration'' has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential ... Published:  30 May 2008