Understanding the fundamental processes and tools of lean management is a way to greatly reduce inefficiency, engage the workforce, and cut unnecessary costs. Jerry S. Sikula We have all read…

The recently published KPMG CEO Outlook for 2016 shows the trepidation with which Irish CEO’s view the post-Brexit business landscape, compounded by the pressing demands to transform industries as the…

From to saving money on transporting items to going green, these 20 infographics about the supply chain and logistics just may teach you a new thing or two. Scroll throughout…

Introduction Logistics and supply chain professionals are faced with myriad challenges in the globally interconnected, technologically advanced and environmentally aware 21st century. This article sets out some of the key business challenges…

The importance of protecting cargo and the measures that can be taken to protect it Cargo security is a vital part of the logistics supply chain. When goods are stored at manufacturing…

A think tank has recommended building a tunnel linking Wales and Ireland as part of major infrastructure improvements in Wales. The Channel Tunnel-like route would be of European significance and…

It is one thing to report CO2 emissions and claims of signifi cant reductions, but not everyone is inclined to believe you. This article looks at how a recently introduced…

By far the largest free open air event in the Republic is the annual Bray Air Spectacular in County Wicklow. The 2014 display took place on Sunday 20 July and…

Harry Hannon – President of the Chartered Institute of Transport in 1977/78 – died recently in his 91st year. He was born in 1924, son of Reginald Hannon, a well-known…

If you collect any group of managers and ask them to discuss risk in the supply chain, they rarely agree about the meaning of either risk or the supply chain,…

The Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA) seminar posed this question at its 2013 Automotive Forum held at the RDS in Dublin recently.  The event was attended not only by Journalists…

It would certainly be very remiss of an International Transport Institute (e.g. CILT) to let the year 2013 pass without mentioning the 150th Anniversary of the birth, in Michigan USA,…