Supply Chain Excellence award winners honoured
Nokia Siemens Networks is the overall winner in this year’s European Supply Chain Excellence Awards, organised by Supply Chain Standard in partnership with PRTM. ... Published:  29 October 2008

Are you keeping up with your peers?
Is your salary keeping pace with other managers in the supply chain ? You can help us shed some light on the state of the market by contributing to our salary survey. ... Published:  26 September 2008

The shortlist is in for the Individual Contribution Award
Cast your vote today to decide the winner of the Individual Contribution Award, sponsored by Michael Page Procurement and Supply Chain, in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2008. ... Published:  17 September 2008

Efficiency is on the cards
The drive for efficiency in physical supply chains has benefited firms prepared to adopt new models and technology. Meanwhile, the financial supply chain has ground to make up if it is to avoid becoming a significant bottleneck. ... Published:  01 April 2008

The last mile
Retailers are rightly concerned about that last mile in the home delivery process, and how their goods arrive on our doorsteps. ... Published:  01 October 2007

Ian Midgley, Chief supply chain officer, Unilever
How we respond to the pressures of population growth, energy efficiency, use of water, sustainable agriculture and so on will be the defining challenge for the future. How we do this is not an add-on to our supply chain work – it is our work. ... Published:  30 May 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

Inventory:the great debate
No one ever got fired for having too much inventory, but they certainly have for running out of stock. With that warning from Professor David Simchi-Levi, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ringing in their ears attendees at Supply Chain... Published:  01 November 2007

Sharon And Kevin's 50 Meter Dash
The last 50 metres between the stockroom and a retailer’s shelf remains one of the supply chain’s biggest challenges and contributes to problems of ‘high cost’ and ‘low availability’. Initiatives from the IGD and ECR have resulted in workable standards,... Published:  01 April 2007