Curbing food waste is vital if we are to feed the world: the cold chain has a key role in meeting this challenge says Jason Kay, (pictured) CCO, IMS Evolve. Milton Keynes, UK: The latest UN figures suggest that the world needs to halve its food waste within the next decade in order to prevent …
Using technology is key to overcoming challenges facing the industry. Yet many firms are missing out on valuable funding that could support it, says Rob Lowe, a senior digital technology specialist at R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown. Businesses across the nation have faced their fair share of uncertainty in the last couple of years – …
A new, intelligent strategy on managing space could hold the answer says Steve Purvis, operations director, Bis Henderson Space Northampton, UK: In the wake of the Coronavirus crisis, logistics professionals will be seeking to create supply chains that are far more flexible and resilient. Inevitably, a re-think on how much inventory is deployed across the …
Is automated technology really a viable option for small and medium size 3PLs, asks Charlie Walker, marketing director of Walker Logistics. Recently there has been plenty of chatter about automation and robotics. And the message to businesses operating across a broad spectrum of industries is clear – the age of automation and the industrial robot …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Logistics UK is warning the government to make sure that logistics businesses have details of and access to the IT systems needed post-Brexit in good time in order to avert long lorry queues at ports. Logistics UK was responding to a letter from Cabinet minister Michael Gove on projections for post-transition period …
The UK logistics industry is well prepared to deal with the consequences of another UK-wide lockdown if a ‘second wave’ of the Covid pandemic hits Britain this winter says Charlie Walker, director, Walker Logistics. Hungerford, Berkshire: The Covid crisis impacted on third party logistics companies (3PL) in different ways – depending on the type of …
Paul Waldeck, executive director, Ambrey Baker Industrial Solutions, explores where cold storage experts should shift the focus over the coming months. Sleaford, UK: Meeting the demand for effective cold storage solutions has only intensified in the wake of the recent Covid-19 pandemic. The stockpiling that seized the UK in the early stages drew stark attention …
London, UK: We have had the rhetoric from the Brexiteer fanatics, now comes the grim reality. And the news is not good for business or for British citizens, says Dean Stiles. Forget the promises of vast tranches of money supposedly spent on the EU since they never existed; forget the promised land of free trade …
The Coronavirus has radically and abruptly changed the way we work and live our lives. How will this alter consumer behaviour and attitudes? And what will this mean for retail and the supply chains that support it? Louisa Hosegood, digital and strategy director at Bis Henderson Consulting has some answers in this white paper. The …
The ‘Brexit Boost’ that has benefited the 3PL sector for so long appears to be coming to an end, says John Maguire. Last summer warehouses across the UK were full. “There is no available space,” Peter Ward of the UK Warehousing Association told BBC Newsnight in July 2019. The lack of spare capacity was in part …
Will Covid-19 catalyse the advent of a new global freight strategy by encouraging a shift in modes of transport and improving network efficiency? Matt East, senior advisor – logistics and infrastructure policy for the UK, Europe & Middle East, GDH, comments Covid-19 has generated unprecedented disruption in the global logistics and freight industries, severely impacting …
Urgent logistic change and 60,000 drivers needed – but who will manage it all? Leigh Anderson, managing director, Bis Henderson Recruitment offers his thoughts. ‘Scale and pace’ is the imperative for supply chain transformations in this time of crisis. A critical need for a further 60,000 home delivery drivers is just one concern – managing …
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