RENEWING THE WAREHOUSE

BRIAN HUDOCK provides some timely advice on how to maximize warehouse space when expansion is not an option.

There is an old saying in warehousing: if there is available space, someone will eventually ...

Market Moves

PARTNER FOR A BETTER FUTURE

As the global economic headwinds gather speed, S RAMODARAI explains how strategic partnerships can help manufacturers prosper in uncertain times.

Manufacturing businesses face a period of increasing uncertainty and potential economic difficulty...

Software & Systems

THE SOA WAY

GREG AIMI and IAN FINLEY explain how service oriented architecture (SOA) brings new levels of customization and flexibility to the supply chain.

There is major step-change occurring in the evolution of the software that supports how businesse...

Handling & Storage

SORTING OUT SORTATION

MICHAEL BRADSHAW examines where and why automated sortation is used, and details the key selection criteria for a range of system options.

With growing costs of labour and increased supply chain pressures for faster and more responsi...

Vertical View

SUPER MARKET

G VENKATESH reports. The retail landscape across Asia is transforming and bringing with it significant demand for logistics services.

When one talks of logistics in the manufacturing and process sectors, there is the inbound one w...

Industry News

THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN TURBULENT TIMES

The Supply Chain and Logistics conference at September’s GlobalTRONICS 2008 exhibition in Singap...

CEVA LAUNCHES VEHICLE LOGISTICS DIVISION IN THAILAND

Car dealers, automotive manufacturers, auction houses and finance companies are the targets of C...

SCHAEFER GETS SERIOUS ABOUT INDIA

The establishment of the SSI Schaefer branch office in Mumbai, India, is “a new milestone”, according to the industrial storage system supplier, which...

TNT EXPANDS IN VIETNAM

Designed to handle heavy freight, the new TNT International and Domestic Operations Centre, Nort...

SLA TRAINING CENTRE LAUNCH

The Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) has come a long way in its learning journey since its ...

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: DHL REVS UP FOR F1

From cars for the track to espresso machines for the hospitality suite, the Formula One (F1) sea...

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In August, 40 of Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society members visited the Sin Hing Hang (...

Editors Comment

DREAM TEAMS

BOB GILL

You may be smart and intelligent but if you are not a team player with good working attitude then...

C-Level Conversation

FROM ASIA TO THE WORLD

Leaving the security of a 9-to-5 job and striking out on his own proved to be the right decision for WONG SING LAM, Managing Director, Kewill-IPACS. He tells his story to Bob Gill.