Category Archives: Ed’s choice supply chain

News focus: School of thought

The Supply Chain Sustainability School is bringing together competitors in construction to teach good practice. Adam Leach looks at how this could be a template for other sectors to follow.

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BP details supply chain response to oil spill

The supply chain team at the oil and gas firm had to contend with opportunistic ‘suppliers’ and a shortage of clean-up products in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Fertiliser industry passes price risk to supply chain

Greater transparency between manufacturers, wholesalers, farmers and traders would reduce price volatility.

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Event buyers short on supplies ahead of London 2012

The Glastonbury Festival is not being held this year in part because equipment costs would have been too high.

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Salvage scarce raw materials

‘The shortage of materials is now the biggest threat to manufacturers,’ EEF argues.

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