Shenzhen hat sich rasant zur Welthauptstadt der Elektronik entwickelt. Die Megacity besitzt nicht nur eine exzellente Infrastruktur, sondern auch einen gewaltigen Pool an Talenten. Sie eignet sich sowohl für die Fertigung eigener Produkte, als auch für die Beschaffung. Redaktion: Dirk Ruppik. Es ist nicht besonders neu, eine aufstrebende High-Tech-Region als Silicon Valley zu bezeichnen. Das…
Happy New Year to all Logistics Manager readers. Here’s to a prosperous and successful 2020. So, what does this year have in store for all logistics professionals? Here are my predictions. No respite from the B-word… After the election, it’s happening. And let’s face it, it was always going to happen. But what kind of…
To kick-start the New Year we continue our series of profiles on speakers at the Supply Chain Conference 2020. Up next: Beata Wojna, E2E delivery lead at Shell Aviation. The Supply Chain Conference 2020 takes place on 17 and 18 March 2020 at ETC. Venues Monument, 8 Eastcheap, London. This two-day conference brings together the most…
The January 2020 issue of Logistics Manager is out now online as well as for the iPad and Android. Cover story: Size isn’t everything A supply chain can make or break an SME and the 2020s offer more challenges – and more opportunities – than ever before. Materials handling equipment for SMEs: Flexibility is key How can SMEs benefit from…
To stand on the stage at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards and hold up the Overall Winner trophy requires an organisation to have convincingly demonstrated to the judges that it has all the characteristics and attributes of a world-leading supply chain. That means showing that it is agile in response to change, innovative in its…
Technology drives the supply chain, but the judges of the BluJay Solutions Award for Technology Innovation were not looking for an off-the-shelf solution, they wanted a winner that demonstrated new or innovative way that has quantifiable benefits to the operation of the organisation’s supply chain. Running the eventual winner close was Bloomin’ Brands and its…
Customer service should be a core focus for any supply chain seeking excellence. This year, two entries were close runners for the trophy – one of which was last year’s category winner. Co-op Insurance took the trophy last year with its customer video diaries, but would it do so again in 2019? This time the…
There were several high scoring entries in this category and Bentley with CEVA Logistics was right up there with the top runners. However, the two strongest ones were – Screwfix with Wincanton and Flex. To support plans for growing its Trade Counter presence from 577 in 2018 to the current total of nearly 630 premises,…
Efficient delivery is the life-blood of a well-run supply chain. The top two in the running for this category were Sainsbury’s Argos and Forterra. Sainsbury’s Argos is one of the UK’s largest general merchandise retailers, offering more than 80,000 products through its website, apps and 1,200+ stores, collection points and stores inside Sainsbury’s supermarkets. Although…
Supply Chain Operations is one of the most competitive categories in the Supply Chain Excellence Awards and consequently, the scores were high. The top two contenders were BT Supply Chain and Bentley with CEVA Logistics. The entry from BT Supply Chain focused on the company’s in-life product management programme, aimed at changing the way 24,000…
What is supply chain management without Demand Forecasting & Planning? The two contenders for this prize were Nisa Retail with DHL and Graze. Nisa Retail supplies over 100 million cases of goods annually to over 4,000 independent convenience stores, supermarkets and wholesalers across the UK and Ireland. Working in partnership with DHL for the past…
There are always plenty of ideas in this category to excite the judges – and this year, they were not disappointed. The two front-runners for the trophy were VIP.com with Beijing Geekplus Technology and Wickes with Wincanton. Headquartered in Guangzhou, VIP.com is the third largest e-commerce company in China – a business engaged in the…
Organisations are now fully aware of the importance environmental performance plays in both building brand value and achieving strong competitive positioning. Consequently, there were plenty of entries and the scores were high. The two outstanding entries in this category came from Kraft Heinz with Wincanton and Primark Stores with PAC-D. The entry from Kraft Heinz…
Businesses are becoming acutely aware of the importance of having ethical supply chains. Consequently, the scores in this category were very high. Two entries battled it out for the trophy with just a thin margin between them. Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operatives in the UK with over 400 trading…
As one might expect, the scores in this category were high and the competition fierce. But the two front-runners were, Nisa Retail with DHL and Leonardo Helicopter Division with Kuehne + Nagel. Operating out of four main pick sites and ten out-base locations, Nisa Retail supplies over 4,000 independent retail customers, many of which are…
The Crown Agents-led Health Pooled Fund is a £209 million programme with the government of South Sudan Ministry of Health that involves the procurement and distribution of pharmaceuticals and health commodities throughout the country. Despite the huge challenges of operating in a country that has been devastated by decades of civil war, and the forced…
Rolls-Royce Aerospace with CEVA Logistics were Highly Commended, no mean feat in an award where the quality of entries was exceptionally high, and seven entries were shortlisted. But Jaguar Land Rover took home the award. In being Highly Commended CEVA and Rolls-Royce demonstrated its global supply chain visibility tool, Matrix, which allows it to provide…
Working with a multitude of manufacturers, logistics suppliers and retailers Transport Innovation Award winner CHEP has identify opportunities for collaboration using movement data. Its winning entry cited an example with Heinz, which had been returning over 4,500 containers empty every year. Working with CHEP some 200 containers were reloaded at a CHEP service centre in…
Robotics is having a profound impact on warehouse operations and the Awards judges are keen to identify and recognise significant innovations in this rapidly advancing field. The two front-runners for this category were Magazino and Yunji Technology with Beijing Geekplus Technology. Magazino is a Munich based manufacturer of intelligent, mobile robots that perceive their environment…
The judges were full of praise for the winning entry from Rolls-Royce Aerospace with CEVA Logistics, singling out “fantastic data analysis, good payback and great attention to detail” and said the entry demonstrated “innovative thinking on the number of different solutions used in one shed”. In 2018 CEVA consolidated two separate warehouses for Rolls Royce,…
In our series of profiles on speakers at the Supply Chain Conference 2020 we meet Caroline Curtis, head of supply chain at Tails.com. The Supply Chain Conference 2020 takes place on 17 and 18 March 2020 at ETC. Venues Monument, 8 Eastcheap, London. This two-day conference brings together the most influential and inspiring supply chain leaders…
Tesco is to investigate allegations of prison labour in its supply chain after reports that a six-year girl in London found a message from prisoners inside charity Christmas cards. It was reported by The Sunday Times that cards supplied by Chinese printing firm Zhejiang Yunguang Printing contained a message saying: “We are foreign prisoners in…
The SmartFreight Award for Team of the Year went to the partnership between Central England Co-operative and charity FareShare. Central England Co-Operative has cut its food waste by 40% per cent, reducing environmental and business impact. It partnered with the charity FareShare to create a sustainable and efficient food redistribution scheme which backhauls 100% per…
UK online retail sales in November and December are being forecast to rise 10.5% year-on-year to £20 billion. According to Colliers International online retail in the UK will top £9 billion in November and £11 billion in December, compared to total online sales of £18.1 billion in the same two-month period in 2018. This represents…
Birmingham-based Mobile People.Powered.Logistics has acquired Buckinghamshire-based 3PL and warehousing provider PDX Logistics. Both Pallet-Track members, the combined businesses will make some 250,000 palletised collections and deliveries in 2020. The combined companies will employ over 100 people across two sites and operate some 70 HGVs. Ian Jolly, commercial director at Mobile PPL, told Logistics Manager that…
Winner: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust with Ingenica Solutions Highly Commended: NHS England & Improvement with TWS Partners Shortlisted: CEMEX UK with Avetta As in previous years, this was once again a high scoring category, with medical issues predominating. The focus of the entry from NHS England & Improvement with TWS Partners was the management…
At the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2019 the winner of the Rising Star Award was Charlotte Thomas, warehouse operative, at Magna Park Distribution Centre for BT Supply Chain. The Rising Star Awards celebrates the achievements of an individual under the age of 35 for their outstanding work in the supply chain. Rising Star winner Charlotte…
Dino Rocos, formerly operations director at John Lewis Partnership, is to join Clipper Logistics as an independent non-executive director. Rocos retired in May after 43 years at John Lewis. He won the Individual Contribution Award in the 2013 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Dino Rocos, independent non-executive director at Clipper Logistics At John Lewis Rocos was…
Even though a significant increase of risk is expected, only four out of ten companies operate an integrated risk management system within their supply chain. This is one of the key findings of the 11th Hermes Barometer. The survey „Risk Prevention and Supply Reliability within the Supply Chain“ was conducted by Hermes Germany among 200…
Obwohl eine deutliche Verschärfung der Gefährdungslage erwartet wird, betreiben nur vier von zehn Unternehmen ein ganzheitliches Risikomanagement in ihrer Supply Chain. Das zeigt das 11. Hermes-Barometer zum Thema „Risikoprävention und Versorgungssicherheit in der Supply Chain“, einer Umfrage von Hermes Germany unter 200Logistikentscheidern deutscher Unternehmen. Im Vergleich zu den Ergebnissen des Barometers aus dem Jahr 2015…
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