LOGISTICSTEAMtalk – Winter 2011
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Welcome to the Winter 2011 edition of LOGISTICS TEAMtalk, the Newsletter and Digest of the Expense Reduction Analysts’ Logistics Team. As well as our usual selection of topical comment to help keep you informed of some...
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Ofcom have confirmed (13th September 2011) that rollover contracts, which tie landline and broadband customers into repeated minimum contract periods unless they opt out, will be banned from December this year. The contracts, also known as Automatically Renewable Contracts (ARC's),...
OCEAN & AIRFREIGHT UPDATE – AUGUST 2011
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Far East & Indian sub-cont westbound (import) rates/space/equipment - It is pleasing to report that carriers have in general extended July rates into August 2011 although carriers that still charge BAF separately have imposed an increase of between $10...
Business Fitness for Manufacturing
Monday, June 6th, 2011
This is the third in our series of Business Fitness Guides for 2011, focusing on effective cost management strategies in the Manufacturing sector. Every Manufacturing organisation has many, many areas of expenditure, and, in a guide like this, we can...
Business Fitness for Leisure & Hospitality
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
This is the second in our series of Business Fitness Guides for 2011, focusing on effective cost management strategies in the Leisure and Hospitality sector. We are constantly told that, at a time of economic downturn, it is the discretionary spend that suffers – the...
National Pharmacy Association
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is the representative body for the community pharmacy trade in the UK and, in addition to supplying a range of ancillary pharmacy support products at competitive prices, it seeks to support its members by...
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Have you ever wondered why it costs so much more to call a mobile number than a normal landline number? Mobile Network Operators are allowed to charge a “Mobile Termination Fee” (MTF) for all landlines to mobile calls and cross...
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
In part I of The Benefits of Effective Procurement, I have outlined some of the findings the Aberdeen Group, a US based research organisation, has recently published on what distinguishes best-in-class procurement teams from the average performers and laggards....
Monday, February 7th, 2011
For many industry sectors and organisations, the recession has highlighted the need for cost savings achieved through proactive sourcing and contract negotiations. However, this does not necessarily address the problem of sustainable effective procurement processes and ‘best in class’...
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Winter struck the UK with a vengeance in late November and through December, with the inevitable increase in demand for commonly used heating oils (Kerosene and Gasoil). This had an almost immediate and rather shocking affect on prices, with...