IOC asked the question, what is this thing called express ?
Collecting a data sample with the aid of three Universities to look at the belief in the term, final mile - final metre, home delivery, who and what are we as a sector ?
Carl Lomas delivered a keynote speech on Express final mile logistics, innovation and the challenges. Workforce solutions through levy at mid-day on the first day of the show.
Inspection revealed food had been stored safely.
The Colonel is back on the road.
Rare to see our sector make such national news. A run of national meetings in logistics this week, ‘don’t mention the word chicken.’ as the KFC move from Bidvest to DHL unfolded with issues that brought delivery chain awareness to the World.
When big supply chains break it reveals the complexity of what we do and when the paperwork got sorted the news was good.
Rugby Borough Council
the food was stored safely.
IOC from Down-Under with Bob Black to out East
Prof Ming Lim takes new IOC role as head of Asia interest group
Tracey Worth reports,
The IOC is pleased to announce the spread of our institute as we see IOC Fellows work around the world. Bob Black a Founding Fellow, of TNT now heading up Australia and New Zealand and now we are pleased to announce that IOC Fellow Dr Ming Lim will chair our Asia Group as he takes up the post as Dean of College at Chongqing University, China.
DfE Institute for Apprenticeships hosted a supply chain advisory group in last days of February, a hot-house of expertise defining the roles and occupations.
Insitute of Couriers chairman, Carl Lomas, secretary to the Express trailblazer group joined a rich attendance list from Nestlé to Royal Mail, DHL to K&N.
Guests represented rail, maritime ports & road logistics - IOC for express. RHA for LGV, FTA for warehouse and storage. Kevin Shakespeare, Inst of Export talked air. The event hosted at the Institute of Apprenticeships' Coventry HQ closed with a unanimous reality. ‘We need a career map for supply chain.’
The Big Green Machine of over 900 vehicles relocates its HQ to Meadow Hall business park and sets up a new Sheffield DC in a city that has been the Tuffnells home for a century.
The Sheffield DC has moved after fifty years service. Tuffnells has moved its main distribution centre to a purpose-built facility at Europa Close, Sheffield. The four acre site is home to 40 vehicles and 50 loading bays, almost 140 staff and a new double layer conveyor belt system for sortation.
Employment remains at near-record high.
IOC reported last week big numbers for Valentine's, first peak of 2018. As logistics delivery numbers rise workforce remains the priority and recruitment is tough. Today, Wed Feb 21st DWP Minister Alok Sharma brings news of highest employment on record at a time when logistics needs more individuals in a shrinking recruitment market.
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