Warnings from government this week of queues of 7,000 trucks in Kent and 48-hour delays at Dover, have sent shivers down the spines of logistics and supply chain managers operating to ‘just in time’ principles.
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Schneider Electric, StorMagic and Hewlett Packard Enterprise launch collaborative ‘Edge in a Box’ solution in 6U wall mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center
Sep 29, 2020
Schneider Electric has launched ‘Edge in a Box’ in collaboration with Alliance Partners StorMagic and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK partners with ProGlove to offer seamless rugged wireless barcode scanning
Sep 29, 2020
Panasonic has announced a partnership with ProGlove, the ergonomic wearable technology provider for industry, to further enhance its solutions for the supply chain.
Researchers use tweets to Analyse supply chain issues
Sep 29, 2020
"The global supply chain has been significantly impacted by COVID-19," according to Michael Wilson, vice president of marketing and packaging at AFFLINK, the sales and marketing organisation for distributors in the US.
Yodel creates more than 2,900 roles as it bolsters resource in time for Christmas peak
Sep 29, 2020
UK independent parcel carrier Yodel is recruiting 2,950 new colleagues across the country as it prepares for what is expected to be the busiest festive period in recent history.
Clarins gets a personalisation make-over, thanks to real-time marketing solution from Wunderkind
Sep 29, 2020
Prestige skincare and makeup brand, Clarins, has driven online performance and grown email revenue thanks to a solution from Wunderkind (formerly BounceX), the behavioural marketing technology provider.
How COVID has changed our relationship with waste
Sep 29, 2020
Aside from being a traumatic time for all, COVID-19 has changed the trajectory of the world. For one, before the pandemic, it had finally seemed possible to imagine a future without plastic. But, with a global pandemic on our hands, there’s been a need for rigid sanitation and some rapid adaptations to our daily life. With this, our plastic usage has been creeping back up.
