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Press Articles

LCP is an active contributor to news and debate about global supply chain issues. Here are our recently published press articles.

  • Data inaccuracy costs retail £1.4bn, Logistics Manager, 30 June 2010
  • Lean & Six Sigma, The Times, June 2010
  • International Fulfilment, International Retailing, May 2010
  • A determined team could have saved Woolies, Retail Week, May 2010
  • Volcano eruption continues to cause airline chaos, April 2010
  • The Six Sigma Remedy, March 2010
  • Freight Efficient, The Manufacturer, December 2009
  • Carbon footprint, Bulk Transporter, December 2009
  • Risk to retail supply chain escalating, Logistics Manager, 5 November 2009
  • A vision thing, Retail Systems supply chain supplement, August/September 2009
  • Lessons in logistics, Retail Systems supply chain supplement, August/September 2009
  • Brace yourselves by Alan Braithwaite for Supply Management Magazine, October 2009
  • The pressures on food manufacturing supply chain by Jeremy Hammant for The Business of Food and Drink, October 2009
  • How to manage the threat of the global supply chain and save money, Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, 1 October 2009
  • Five maxims compass navigates supply chain efficiency, The Manufacturer, September 2009
  • Supply chain claim 'exaggerated and incorrect', SupplyChainStandard.com 18 August 2009
  • Irish food companies must take positive approach, Business & Finance , 2 July 2009
  • Food and drink bounce back, Irish Independent, 30 June 2009
  • An exercise in trust, Retail Week, 19 June 2009
  • UK forwarders rethink operating procedures after Uniserve case, International Freighting Weekly, 22 June 2009

 

Press articles overview

Logistics Manager A new white paper co authored by Alan Braithwaite and Richard Wilding for joint publication with Zetes, estimates the data inaccuracy among the top five retailers and their suppliers is costing as much as £1.4 billion per year reports Logistics Manager Data inaccuracy

The Times Julian Mosquera's views feature on page 11 in Lean & Six Sigma supplement from The Times

Internet Retailing Alan Braithwaite and Martin Fletcher analyse distribution and fulfilment strategies for international retailing.  Internet Retailing

Retail Week letter from Alan Braithwaite as published in Letters to the Editor. Retail Week

The Guardian, The Telegraph, The BBC and Logistics Manager all carry Alan Braithwaite's warning that there will be product shortages and that the air freight sector will experience more losses.  The Guardian   The Daily Telegraph    The BBC   Logistics Manager

Pharmaceutical Technology - Alex Hawkes talkes to Julian Mosquera to find out what benefits Six Sigma and Lean bring to the pharmaceutical sector Pharmaceutical Technology

The Manufacturer  -  Freight Effiicient article looks at the various options for moving goods, with quotes from Alan Braithwaite The Manufacturer

Carbon footprint article from Bulk Transporter, December 2009,  on the study carried out by LCP Consulting into the environmental performance of intermodal tank containers Carbon footprint.

Risk to retail supply chain escalating warns Alan Braithwaite in an article published in Logistics Manager  - uncertainty in forecasting, retail sales volumes and a financial crisis in the freight industry is pushing up the level of risk for retailers in the run up to Christmas.

A vision thing  - one of two articles from Retail Systems supply chain supplement quoting Alan Braithwaite  A vision thing

Lessons in logistics - second article from Retail Systems supply chain supplement quoting  Julian Mosquera   Lessons in logistics

Beware cautious forecasts of economic recovery - Alan Braithwaite says the upturn could be just as disruptive as the downturn for supply chains..see page 36 of Supply Management Magazine

Recent figures showing that the country has now entered a period of deflation are at odds with most consumers' experiences..... Article by Jeremy Hammant from The Business of Food and Drink

Julian Mosquera advises how pharmaceutical companies can make their companies leaner and how to guard against the security implications of the global supply chain - Pharmaceutical Technology Europe

In a tough economic climate, when demand is down, there is an imperative for companies to review their supply chains to reduce cost... Alan Braithwaite and Richard Renshaw explain the 'compass' to ensure supply chains remain efficient - The Manufacturer

Supply chain claim 'exaggerated and incorrect',  Alan Braithwaite's response to a claim in the FT that manufacuturers are abandoning global supply chains - article from SupplyChainStandard

Irish food companies must take positive approach, says Alan Braithwaite.  Article from Business & Finance

Food and drink can bounce back - letter from LCP following report on the food and drink industry in Ireland Irish Independent

An exercise in trust - Now more than ever, retailers and suppliers need  to work together and be transparent, but a lack of trust is costing them.  Article by Charlotte Hardie with contributions from LCP Retail Week

UK forwarders rethink - Forwarders in the UK have begun to adjust working practices in response to the liability loophole..article  from International Freighting Weekling with comment from Alan Braithwaite International Freighting Weekly 

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