24.03.2010
- Unfortunately, chemical supply chains are better compared with a sluggish container ship than an agile bark: Apart from experience and foresight, their navigation requires state-of...
24.03.2010
- Balance Act - In this economy, cash is king, and much emphasis has been placed on inventory reductions. In many cases, management has issued inventory goals that seem impossible to...
09.03.2010
- Evolution -The human shoulder was the means of the choice over generations when bags had to be transported. Relief was first felt with the wheelbarrow. And the fork lift brought...
01.02.2010
- After many years of fruitful cooperation in Germany, IMCD outsourced its entire distribution logistics for Western Europe to Talke at its site in Zwijndrecht/Antwerp (Belgium) in...
29.01.2010
- At 855,553 consignments, equivalent to 1.711 million TEU, Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr shipped more freight than expected in 2009. "The 16% decline in consignment numbers is...
28.01.2010
- Nextpharma, a European provider of product development, contract manufacturing and cold chain and logistics outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries...
11.12.2009
- Future Business - The risk of climate change is now recognized and the science is well established. Governments around the world have committed to reductions in CO2 of 60 % or more...
11.12.2009
- Clever Handling - Frequently logistics is regarded as merely moving goods from A to B. But the industry's real prospective for cost-reduction and innovation lies elsewhere: in the...
