Tesco could soon start looking at ways of taking the cost out of manufacturers' inbound supply chains, following its success in raising efficiencies...
Consumer confidence in the food supply chain has taken another battering following the discovery of avian flu in turkeys at Bernard Matthews' Holton...
I should by now have finished a job that required a client manager to work with me to install a cost-to-serve process that produces true customer and...
Peter Hunt's Bakery Foods, the Bolton-based savoury products baker, is starting to see the benefits of improved production planning since installing...
Until it was called off, Asda stores across the country were threatened with empty shelves following a vote in favour of strike action by staff at 20...
A small logistics firm offering creative solutions to the problem of distributing small loads to supermarkets and foodservice outlets is on course to...
As you measure the real costs to serve your customers and can see the true trading margins created, you will be faced with some interesting dilemmas....
In calculating the real cost of handling and transport to customers, there are three obvious components: the distance from your factory or warehouse,...
More than eight out of 10 Unilever ambient food brands in the UK are now available in shelf-ready packaging (SRP).Speaking at the official opening of...
A new online freight exchange has been launched in a bid to reduce empty running and increase vehicle utilisation.Haulage Exchange is the brainchild...
The Americans call it LTL (Less Than full Load) distribution. It requires a shared user network to enable it to operate at an affordable cost to the...
As I explained last month, Somerfield is desperate to reduce its supply chain costs.Its chosen approach is to build PCCs (pre-consolidation centres)....
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,...
While UK food retailers are world leaders in the field of supply chain management, the logistics infrastructure of much of the manufacturing base is...
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has commissioned new research to explore ways of reducing costs in the distribution leg between frozen food...
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...
