Rejected pallets lead to one-way trip
12-Jan-2006
Ambient grocery logistics consolidator Boughey Distribution has signed a 12 month contract with one-way trip pallet pool provider LPR following a...
12-Jan-2006 By Rick Pendrous
Customer and service related issues - such as a temporary loss of sales and a reduction of service levels - are the biggest concerns facing those...
12-Jan-2006
From time to time food manufacturers run out of warehouse space and are faced with the dilemma of either using outside storage or moving to a bigger,...
Shrink problem that refuses to go away
05-Dec-2005
Fixing process failures in the supply chain instead of trying to stop shoplifting is the only way to get to grips with shrinkage, experts have...
05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson
A new initiative from Asda to reduce store backroom stock of its top 1,000 ambient lines could increase supplier costs, manufacturers have...
05-Dec-2005
We thought until earlier this month that retail-ready packaging was the main current, retailer-led change initiative.However, in October Asda...
Avoid the dangers of supply chain silos
04-Nov-2005
The growth of 'supply chain' divisions as discrete departments within food businesses has not necessarily been a positive move, according to Asda's...
04-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
While UK food retailers are world leaders in the field of supply chain management, the logistics infrastructure of much of the manufacturing base is...
04-Nov-2005
The government taskforce on sustainable procurement has changed its rules of engagement with suppliers to rebalance the often conflicting issues of...
Radical overhaul needed for foodservice supply chain
06-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has commissioned new research to explore ways of reducing costs in the distribution leg between frozen food...
No hiding place
06-Oct-2005
It is interesting how few food manufacturers have a hard measure of the profits they really make from individual customers. An ambient food...
06-Sep-2005
Isn't it interesting how retailer-enforced changes in the supply chain are often better supported by suppliers than by the retailers' own staff!As...
06-Sep-2005 By Elaine Watson
While the industry is littered with the carcases of dot.coms that have bitten the dust, those that have proved they are more than a bunch of...
Suppliers bury hatchets and collaborate
10-Aug-2005
A clutch of food suppliers --some in direct competition with each other - are working together on a project designed to reduce empty running and...
Nestlé switches to vendor managed inventory with Tesco
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Nestlé is switching to a vendor managed inventory (VMI) relationship with Tesco this year in a bid to improve availability.By shifting...
10-Aug-2005
I recently came across a bad example of a warehouse draft contract, which failed the two basic rules of 'fit for purpose' for relationships where the...
Wincanton both sides of the factory gate
30-Jun-2005
Factory gate pricing has proved a doubled-edged sword for Wincanton, hitting volumes going through its chilled consolidation centres on the one hand,...
30-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
A clutch of blue chip manufacturers including Tropicana, Kraft and Kerrygold have slashed lead times and shipping costs for transporting goods to...
30-Jun-2005
I had a call the other day to be a 'marriage guidance' counsellor for a third party logistics provider (3PL) and a customer who had fallen out over...
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
There is a business case for RFID tags on returnable assets, but the jury is still out when it comes to mass tagging of cases, says Elaine Watson
13-Jun-2005
It's roughly 1,000 miles from Northern Spain to the UK Midlands by road. That journey has a current commercial cost of around 70p per case for double...
13-Jun-2005 By Elaine Watson
Drinks companies that want to get to grips with radio barcoding (RFID) without making a major financial commitment are being urged to join a new...
Handed to you on a plate
11-May-2005
Double-plated freezer can compress food into blocks
Could this be the fastest sliding door in the West?
11-May-2005
High-speed automatic sliding door functions in freezing temperatures and still manages to maintain energy efficiency
Smooth operator
11-May-2005
Rounded corners ensure container is easy to clean
Think outside of the box
11-May-2005
Contractors use a Belgian technique on their new external walling and roofing system
All fired up
11-May-2005
Fire safety panels are high on the coldstore agenda
Insulated panels show PVC strip curtains the door
11-May-2005
Improved door curtain design cuts cold store energy wastage
Truck carries fresh and frozen foods
11-May-2005
Dual temperature container design saves on costs
More storage cuts driver costs
11-May-2005
Working Time Directive could mean a rethink in storage capacity for manufacturers
11-May-2005
Keeping food and drink at the right temperature throughout the supply chain isn't an especially complex task, but when corners are cut to save costs, problems can arise. Robin Meczes reports.
RFID early adopters won't share
11-May-2005
RFID adoption would move considerably faster if first movers in the field spent more time sharing learnings from their projects instead of jealously...
11-May-2005
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is the forum in which operations and sales directors organise themselves to balance their sales effort and...
11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson
Effective demand planning for promotions continues to be scuppered by poor communications both within and between companies, according to a new study...
Shift-life with battery management
04-Apr-2005
Eco-friendly electric forklift truck range launched
High speed truck -- it's electric!
04-Apr-2005
Toyota has extended its range of electric trucks with the introduction of the 7FBMF-S
Bakery gets cold store flexibility
04-Apr-2005
Compact articulated truck raises Mantinga's cold storage space by an impressive 40%
04-Apr-2005 By Lynda Searby
The Road Transport Directive has made a 48 hour working week for drivers mandatory. But at what cost to the food industry? Lynda Searby finds out
04-Apr-2005
Tesco has started the roll-out of shelf-ready packaging by making a special offer to suppliers. It runs roughly like this: "Commit to shelf-ready...
RFID skills shortage delays progress
04-Apr-2005
Progress on RFID could be severely hampered by skills shortages, according to a survey conducted by the Computing Technology Industry...
04-Apr-2005 By Elaine Watson
Collaboration between food manufacturers and caterers to drag the foodservice supply chain into the 21st century is starting to bear fruit after a...
Call to arms on shelf-ready packaging
07-Mar-2005
It was only a few weeks ago that Tesco started its initiative on shelf-ready packaging (SRP). Already the big manufacturers that do not have largely...
07-Mar-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Fears of soaring driver costs as the road transport directive comes into force this month have been allayed, according to a new survey.The survey of...
Routing and scheduling updated
07-Mar-2005
Paragon Software Systems will be demonstrating the latest version of its routing and scheduling software at the Software Supply Chain exhibition,...
10-Feb-2005
I recently saw a very successful example of sales and operations planning (S&OP), whereby manufacturing, distribution and sales have been welded...
Refrigerated side-loaders aid moves
10-Feb-2005
Haulier Aardvark International is using Ekeri side-loading refrigerated trailers for handling a variety of ambient, chilled and frozen products...
10-Feb-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Tesco’s announcement that it has signed a multi-year contract to purchase thousands of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and antennae...
Plan ahead for peaks in demand
07-Jan-2005
For some manufacturers Christmas doubles the average sales for the rest of the year. Most work their production lines hard all year round to maximise...
Alpro signs up with Culina Logistics
07-Jan-2005
Soya milk products manufacturer Alpro, part of the Vandemoortele Group, has appointed Culina Logistics to provide it with a complete primary...
07-Jan-2005
Greencore Cakes & Desserts, formerly known as Hazlewood, has moved to a system of real-time data collection and communications at its Hull plant...
