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The UK’s next government must appoint a Minister for Logistics and Supply Chain if future growth is to be driven across the whole economy, according to business group Logistics UK.

International procurement and supply chain management consultancy INVERTO, part of Boston Consulting Group, says that there are four megatrends that will dominate the procurement landscape in 2024

Blue Yonder, the supply chain solutions provider, has released its largest product update in the history of the company, launching what it describes as the first set of interoperable solutions across the entire supply chain – from planning to warehouse, transportation, and commerce – delivered on the company’s Luminate Cognitive Platform.

By Nathan Lomax, co-founder of Quickfire Digital.

Retailers have not had it easy of late. Soaring energy and supply chain costs and customers facing pressure through the cost of living crisis have resulted in a loss of 15,000 jobs at the start of 2023.

The recent bout of severe weather, including flooding across various regions of the UK, has been yet another demonstration of the impact that extreme weather has on the supply chain.

By Patrick Lepperhoff, Principal at INVERTO and supply chain management expert.

We experienced what a blockade of the Red Sea means in spring 2021 when the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal. Within a few days, a traffic jam of several hundred ships formed.

By Jason McLean, freelance writer.

Since the supply chain crisis went global, many who weren't familiar with the industry began wondering what it was all about. That kind of knowledge vacuum usually gives rise to myths and misinformation of all kinds.

The results of the INVERTO Nearshoring Study reveal a resounding consensus among participants, over 90 percent of who see nearshoring and reshoring as key ways of safeguarding their supply chains.

By Marijke Voet, Commercial Manager. TMX UK.

With supply volatility and geopolitical unrest circling, supply chain visibility has become a major priority for today’s business leaders. Control towers are enabling savvy businesses to not only solve immediate problems but identify future disruptions they wouldn’t have otherwise seen coming.

Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo is the UK’s leading retail focused supply chain & logistics event with innovative exhibitors with the latest technologies and strategies. Taking place on the 27th & 28th of February, the ExCeL London, will be transformed into an electrifying hub dedicated to the retail and supply chain sector.