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Time to test yourself against the best

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2010 will be open for entries very soon. The Awards are the gold standard for supply chain operations in Europe attracting entries from the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers and supply chain specialists.

We have successfully managed the crisis, says Deutsche Post DHL chief

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Deutsche Post DHL produced earnings before interest and tax of 231 million euros in 2009 – a 124 per cent EBIT improvement on the 966m euro loss in 2008.

Louis Vuitton fashions deal with K+N Japan

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Louis Vuitton Japan has signed a contract with Kuehne + Nagel Japan for the management of its regional distribution centre.

Cathay plan to boost cargo profitability

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Cathay Pacific Airways is implementing JDA Cargo Revenue Optimiser to help improve profitability of its cargo operation.

Hungarian acquisition for TDG

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
TDG has acquired Hungarian transport business RRS Logistics in a move that enables the group to extend its full range of services in Central and Eastern Europe.

K+N defiant despite drop in EBITDA

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Kuehne + Nagel has posted a 13.2 per cent drop in EBITDA to £545.8 million (CHF 885 million) for the year ended 31st December 2009 compared to the previous year.

Walmart plans to cut 20m tonnes of greenhouse gases

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Walmart has set itself the goal of cutting 20 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015 - one and a half times the company's estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years.

DHL invests in Hong Kong hub

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
DHL is set to invest HK$360 million (£27 million) to expand its operations into a single, multi-user facility for DHL Supply Chain to accommodate growth in Hong Kong.

Ceva beats cost saving targets

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Ceva beat its cost saving target by more than 25 per cent during 2009, removing £113m (125m euros) of cost from the business.

Mothercare deploys Kewill Trade

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Mothercare has deployed Kewill’s web-based order management system, Kewill Trade, enabling it to develop a flexible, scalable supply chain trading platform to support expansion of its international operations.

Kühne launches logistics university

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
The Kühne School of Logistics and Management is founding a private independent university: The Kühne Logistics University (KLU), which will become part of the Hamburg cluster for logistics research institutes.

Fujifilm snaps up K+N deal in Poland

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Fujifilm, the Japanese manufacturer of cameras and photographic processing, has outsourced its contract logistics to Kuehne + Nagel in Poland in order to consolidate the inventories of its three warehouses in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

German toy retailer automates distribution centre

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
German retailer myToys.de’s plans to open new distribution centre at Langenselbold in June which will use an automated sortation systems to give a throughput of 11,000 items an hour.

New supply chain system for Belgian retailer

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Retailer Delhaize Belgium is to implement an integrated supply chain ERP platform designed to enable it to standardise its supply chain transactions, increasing efficiency and productivity.

Dachser ends co-operation with Future Group

Supply Chain Standard - 4 hours 43 min ago
Dachser is set to take over the management of the marketing of its worldwide airfreight services as part of its expansion strategy and terminate its co-operation with the Future Group.

NASA's Latest 'Launch' Focuses on Water Sustainability

GreenBiz - Supply Chain - 5 hours 24 min ago

NASA will conduct its first-ever water sustainability forum next week at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is singling out 10 firms from around the world to showcase innovative solutions to water management.

The Evolution of Innovative Green Brands

GreenBiz - Supply Chain - 6 hours 32 min ago

As consumers, we define ourselves by the brands we keep. We believe in them, yet they seldom give us new reasons to do so. But that's changing now as we find ourselves in the early stages of a new industrial revolution.

Latin American wine importer chooses K+N

Supply Chain Standard - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 21:18
Latin American wine producer and exporter Concha Y Toro has signed a three year contract with Kuehne + Nagel expanding its long-term partnership.

How Cisco's Packaging Diet Saves $24 Million a Year

GreenBiz - Supply Chain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 12:12

The technology giant has implemented three best practices as part of a sustainability pilot project that are netting huge savings in materials and transportation costs as well as waste management.

Inside Cisco's Sustainable Packaging Project

GreenBiz - Supply Chain - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 12:00

This slideshow from Cisco Systems outlines some of the steps the company has taken to save $24 million per year as part of its sustainable packaging pilot.

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