There are few issues guaranteed to make environmentalists' blood boil quite like packaging and food waste. From single bananas in plastic wrapping to giant bags of produce that spoil within days, packaging and food waste remain one of the most visible symbols of resource inefficiency and a source of deep frustration for green campaigners and mainstream shoppers alike.
The Travis Perkins Group, the UK's largest supplier to the building and construction market, plans to invest in a 700,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Warrington, Cheshire.
Barcoding Inc., a provider of enterprise-wide mobility solutions, has completed the acquisition of Miles Technologies Inc. in order to increase its presence in the central region of the United States and expand its radio frequency identification capabilities.
Managing inventory requires skillfully balancing a variety of complicated and competing objectives. Supply management professionals responsible for inventory have to control inventory holding costs, such as warehousing and financial opportunity costs, while pursuing cost savings that may be obtained with larger purchases. They also simultaneously support ambitious customer service levels for a constantly expanding product portfolio. Of course, supply managers who focus on inventory know these pressures well.
Positive momentum continued in U.S. industrial markets through the first quarter of 2013 as e-commerce maintained its influence on reshaping industrial distribution strategies and facilities across the U.S., according to statistics released by commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) plans a new $70m logistics hub that it expects will create 600 new jobs from the automaker and its contractors and service providers at its Tuscaloosa County, Alabama campus.
A visit by a Chinese delegation of logistics and education officials reveals that the problems Chinese employers face in filling their logistics jobs are every bit as bad and probably even worse as those experienced by employers in the UK and elsewhere.
The cloud is here to stay. Tom French, chief executive officer of Supply Chain Coach, outlines the benefits and opportunities contained within this means of conveying key software applications to global supply chains.
Damco has opened a second CFS warehouse facility in Cambodia, in a bid to further enhance and support its customers' growth in Cambodia's emerging markets.
DHL Supply Chain is constructing a state-of-the-art logistics center for the Tom Tailor Group in Hamburg. The two companies have been working together successfully since 2008 and are now looking to consolidate the partnership in the longer term.