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...
Heating-oil prices set to rocket again !
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Remember last winter, and the impact on your fuel–oil prices ? Costs went through the roof, and suppliers prioritised deliveries to contract customers as the road system failed to cope with the adverse weather. If this affected you, the latest...
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...
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...
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
The VAT increase to 20% is only days away now and will automatically add some 2.13% to many overheads charities incur. This is on top of the traditional round of annual price increases at the beginning of January for...
Monday, November 8th, 2010
According to a report in The Sunday Times, the Royal Mail recently summoned its top 150 suppliers to a Central London meeting and asked them to cut their costs by at least 20%. This follows only weeks after Serco...
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Have you been told that your card payment processing charges are going up? There is widespread evidence that most of the major merchant acquirers are imposing – or trying to impose - price increases across great swathes of their customer bases. The...
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
If not… You will find it challenging in the extreme to optimise your overhead costs In many businesses and organisations strategic costs are controlled by procurement professionals in a purchasing or buying department. But who buys the non-strategic services and...
Monday, October 18th, 2010
With transport fleets having just suffered one increase in fuel duty and another on the way, is it time to revisit the management of fuel consumption ? Diesel fuel now represents up to 40% of the cost of operating...
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Major Structural Changes in UK Freight The Department for Transport has recently published its annual Road Freight Transport Statistics Bulletin 2009, and interpreting the figures provides a fascinating analysis of the changes occurring in the Distribution Sector. This year’s publication...