Logistics & Supply Chain

Logistics Providers Should Take The Lead in Showing Customers the Way

16.03.2011 - Trusted Advisers - Despite strong growth prospects in the industry, chemical supply chain managers are increasingly cautious in the face of continued uncertainty and relentless...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Supply Chain Agility

16.03.2011 - Unpredictability - The chemical supply chain management is facing an increasing volatility, both on the market and supplier side. This is caused by the effects of global networks...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Supply Chain Skills Gap

15.03.2011 - The Right Stuff - As the complexities of our supply chains have evolved, so have the complexities of the competencies required for effective supply chain leaders. Supply chain...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Trans-o-flex Expands International Network to Include the Balkan States

28.10.2010 - Delivery of standard goods in combined shipments (parcels and pallets) to Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Montenegro is complemented by the...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Alternative Inventory Financing

06.10.2010 - Many companies see their current inventory as too high and are interested in methods to increase liquidity. Methods and concepts of traditional inventory reduction have often been...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Rules of the Game

06.10.2010 - Regulations governing international trade have been in place since ancient times when governments levied customs duties for the use of transportation facilities such as ports...

Logistics & Supply Chain

From Push to Pull

18.05.2010 - Clariant's Matt Tichon asks: What is one of the primary goals of a chemical manufacturing company as it relates to their physical assets? That is a relatively easy question to...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Distribution Networks as a Recession Response

24.03.2010 - Surviving the Downturn - The chemical industry has experienced one of the worst economic downturns in history - and it is a fact that the logistics costs in the chemical industry...