Logistics & Supply Chain

Shrink-Wrapped Savings

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...

Logistics & Supply Chain

IMCD Consolidates in Antwerp

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...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Kombiverkehr Ships More Freight Than Expected

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...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Nextpharma Acquires Intervet’s Distribution Operation in Germany

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...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Forewarned Is Forearmed

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...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Intra-logistics Solutions

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...

Logistics & Supply Chain

After The Storm

11.12.2009 - We are weathering the immediate recessionary storm by maximizing cash, driving down inventories and cutting operational costs. These urgent steps are necessary for crisis...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Focus on International Quality Standards

11.12.2009 - Since June 2008, Carl-Gerold Mende - member of the Management Board of Austrian Post - is in charge of the Parcel & Logistics Division. In his function, he is responsible for trans...