PD Ports has added its voice to growing numbers of logistics and supply chain service providers pressing the government to ease the system of distribution from ports to regional distribution centres.

The audience gasped, shocked by what I had just said. But I was blissfully unaware. I was delivering a four-day training course on improving supply chain performance - in French. So I could be forgiven for making the odd grammatical mistake. Except that, in this case, I had said that the business needed to "changer la direction" instead of "changer de direction". One little word; one massive difference. "Your business needs to change direction" is what I intended to say, but "Your business needs to change the management" is how it came out!

Gloucester-based bakery Janes Pantry has shaved 5% off its raw ingredients costs and removed paperwork associated with stock traceability via a recipe formulation system from Dataprocess Stevens in Blackburn.