November 2026 is Order Fulfilment Month on Supply Chain Briefing – Make sure your products are part of the story!
Each month on Supply Chain Briefing we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different part of the logistics market – and in November we’ll be focusing on Order Fulfilment. 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 you’re […]
The shadow fleet’s hidden liability: Oil spills and environmental risk
The Caroline Bezengi grounding and oil spill shows how shadow-fleet risk can build in plain sight. When an explosion was reported in June, the tanker was carrying close to one million barrels of crude. The damaged vessel later ran aground near Qabiliyah Island, where it became partly submerged. The resulting slick travelled across hundreds of square kilometres, […]
3PL & 4PL Logistics: What supply chain teams should compare
Outsourcing logistics can provide access to infrastructure, expertise, technology and transport capacity without an organisation having to build every capability itself. But deciding to outsource is only the beginning. Should a provider operate a warehouse or manage fulfilment? Should it also coordinate transport? Does the business want several specialist logistics partners, or one organisation orchestrating […]
The hidden cost of choice
E-commerce growth is a warehouse challenge. It has evolved from a convenience channel into a major fulfilment challenge, according to GEBHARDT lntralogistics UK. UK online retail sales reached £127.4 billion in 2024, up 3.4% on the previous year, and now account for roughly 27-28% of total retail spend. Driven by this sustained consumer shift, many brands are offering more: more sizes, morecolours, more categories, more delivery options and more returns choices. Every new option creates another physical task. Once an order is placed, warehouses must locate, pick, pack and ship goods quickly, often while managing thousands of SKUs within tight delivery windows that tighten further duringpeaks. On Black Friday, online sales share regularly exceeds 32% of total retail. Warehouses must […]
SAVE THE DATE: Total Supply Chain Summit – April 2027
If you can’t make next week’s Total Supply Chain Summit do not fear! The first of our 2027 events will take place on April 26th & 27th – and you can register for your delegate place today! It’s free for you to attend and could help you reduce your expenditure by matching you up with […]
Sustainable Supply Chain Packaging: How to reduce materials, waste and transport costs
Reducing packaging can look like a straightforward sustainability objective. Use less material and there is less material to manufacture, transport and dispose of. But supply chain packaging has another fundamental job: protecting products as they move between manufacturers, warehouses, carriers, retailers and customers. As explored in our earlier Supply Chain Labelling & Packaging: What Buyers Should […]
Your yard is probably leasing trailers it doesn’t need
A manufacturing line stops if there’s no empty trailer on the dock. Yet most sites cannot say how many trailers they actually need, or what their shunters did all shift. On a manufacturing site the yard has one job that cannot slip: an empty trailer on the dock before the line needs it. Miss it […]
October 2026 is 3PL & 4PL Month on Supply Chain Briefing – Make sure your products are part of the story!
Each month on Supply Chain Briefing we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different part of the logistics market – and in October we’ll be focusing on 3PL & 4PL. 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 […]
Supply Chain Labelling & Packaging: What buyers should compare
Every product moving through a supply chain has two fundamental requirements. It needs to arrive in the right condition. And everybody handling it needs to know what it is, where it belongs and potentially where it has been. That makes labelling and packaging much more than an end-of-line process. Packaging protects products as they move between manufacturing, […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: CCMA CGM Group – Expert support for all transport needs
The CMA CGM Group is a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, guided by its Purpose: We imagine better ways to serve a world in motion. In the UK, CMA CGM combines the scale and reach of a global organisation with local expertise and an extensive transport network. Almost 300 UK colleagues support […]