INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: TIMOCOM – Smart Logistics System
Find available vehicle capacity, available warehousing space and manage your logistics – via the Smart Logistics System. TIMOCOM is the provider of the first pan-European Smart Logistics System (SLS). The SLS supports more than 127,000 TIMOCOM users with smart, safe and simple applications which help reach their logistics goals and offer the opportunity to expand […]
Total Supply Chain Summit – Final call for tickets
This is your last chance to register for your FREE VIP place at the Total Supply Chain Summit. Here are just some of the attending benefits:- Discover new suppliers who are relevant to your requirements via a series of pre-arranged meetings Learn from industry thought-leaders at our seminar sessions Network with like-minded supply chain, distribution […]
Davies Turner: Brexit-related warehousing requests ‘on the increase’
Davies Turner is seeing an upsurge in enquiries about the availability of warehousing space, driven by customer concerns about the outcome of the Brexit negotiations and the future of UK trade with the EU after March next year. The freight forwarder and logistics service provider said it has previously seen demand for warehousing capacity often reduce in […]
Fleet Services Management Summit – Industry gathers in Northampton
The UK’s senior fleet professionals converged on Whittlebury Hall in Northampton on October 29th& 30thfor two full working days of networking and connection building at the Fleet Services Management Summit. More than 60 delegates and a host of leading industry suppliers and solution providers talked through projects, objectives and challenges in a series of one-to-one […]
RECOMMENDED: Home Delivery Solutions
As part of our regular Recommended series we’re shining a spotlight on Home Delivery solutions, starting with LEA Reply Delivery… LEA Reply Delivery LEA Reply Delivery is a standalone module within Logistics Reply’s next-generation Cloud-based Supply Chain Execution Suite software LEA (“Logistics Execution Architecture”) – it manages pick-up and drop-off activities. The driver, assisted by […]
Redistributing surplus food to charities ‘saves the UK economy £51m every year’
A new impact report released by FareShare claims that collecting food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributing it to good causes saves the UK economy approximately £51 million every year. The Wasted Opportunity Report, carried out by NEF consulting, evaluates the economic and social value of redistributed surplus food, as well as the […]
Blockchain set to ‘supercharge global supply chains’ by 2025
Blockchain could become ubiquitous by 2025, entering mainstream business and underpinning supply chains worldwide, according to a new report from Capgemini. The study asserts that the distributed ledger technology will dominate manufacturing as well as consumer products and retail industries, ‘ushering in a new era of transparency and trust’. Currently, just 3% of organisations that […]
Do you specialise in Warehouse Management Software? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Supply Chain Briefing we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different part of the logistics and distribution market – and in November we’ll be focussing on Warehouse Management Software. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help supply chain industry buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if […]
Total Supply Chain Summit – Here’s what you’re missing…
This is your last chance to register for the Total Supply Chain Summit! We have just a handful FREE VIP places remaining! It takes place on November 12th & 13that The Midland Hotel, Manchester. Don’t miss out! Register your place today! You will meet with innovative and budget-saving suppliers based on your requirements and upcoming […]
IBM takes Food Trust blockchain network global as Carrefour jumps on board
IBM’s food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust, is now ‘generally available’ for use by retailers, suppliers, growers and food industry providers with data from across the food ecosystem. The network, which IBM says enables greater traceability, transparency and efficiency, has been testing for the last 18 months, during which its claims millions of individual food […]
