Supply Chain News

04 December 2008

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Geodis acquires IBM’s global logistics operations
Geodis has acquired IBM’s internal global logistics operations for an undisclosed sum in an all-cash deal and signed a multi-year outsourcing contract to become the sole lead logistics provider for IBM. ...
Published: 04 December 2008

Sephora chooses RedPrairie
Beauty retailer Sephora has gone live with RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management System at its distribution centre in Utah. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

UPM Raflatac opens China site
UPM Raflatac has opened an RFID manufacturing site in Guangzhou, China, as it plans to reinforce its service level particularly in the Asian market....
Published: 01 December 2008

What's driving your supply chain?
Ever-changing patterns in customer demand, globalisation, multi-channel distribution, outsourced manufacturing, and increased competition all add to the complexity of supply chains, writes Jessica Davies. ...
Published: 01 December 2008

FKI Logistex system for Norwegian mail centre
FKI Logistex, the specialist in automated material handling systems, has been awarded a contract as the supplier and project integrator of a new sortation/ distribution system for Posten Norge’s new Østlandsterminalen mail centre near Oslo, Norway. ...
Published: 26 November 2008

Wincanton chief to head Institute
Wincanton chief Graeme McFaull is to be the next president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport. He takes over from Richard Brown in May 2009. ...
Published: 26 November 2008

CV Show hit as manufacturers pull out
Organisers of the 2009 Commercial Vehicle Show plan to go ahead with the event in April despite the decision by the leading commercial vehicle manufacturers not to exhibit....
Published: 26 November 2008

Scharwath named head of K+N in NW Europe
Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Tim Scharwath head of the North West Europe region, effective from 1st January 2009. ...
Published: 24 November 2008

ELUPEG launches memorial award
ELUPEG has set up a memorial award to commemorate Dr Marilyn Stone who was a founder member of ELUPEG and a senior lecturer at Heriot Watt University. ...
Published: 20 November 2008

Increasing Oceania services
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is increasing its ocean service from the United States to Oceania from three to four sailings per month....
Published: 20 November 2008

B2B automation system
GXS, a provider of business-to-business e-commerce systems, has launched of GXS Trading Grid for Excel, which enables enterprises to automate B2B transactions with global trading partners via Microsoft Office Excel 2007. ...
Published: 20 November 2008

Economy rules in Asia Pacific
The economy is the most important issue facing Asia Pacific logistics executives, according to a survey by research provider Transport Intelligence. ...
Published: 20 November 2008

Germans spend most time on customer service
Germans spend 10.2 billion hours a year sorting out customer service enquiries, by far the most in Europe, according to the latest pan European customer service survey conducted by DHL Express. ...
Published: 17 November 2008

Kerry adds China route
Kerry Asia Road Transport (KART), the Thailand-based road transport company which is part of Kerry Logistics, is launching a service between Kunming in China and Bangkok....
Published: 17 November 2008

Levi Strauss deploys BSI software
Levi Strauss & Co has signed a contract with BSI Management Systems to deploy its Entropy Software, a web-based supply chain audit system designed to simplify the management of corporate-wide supply chain compliance....
Published: 17 November 2008

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