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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

A worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain is present in 72 countries with more than 167,000 employees. Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. There were also freight savings.

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Case Study: The Building of NHS Nightingale

Logistics Business Magazine

In these troubling times it has been truly inspirational to witness the efforts of organisations throughout the construction and security sectors in building the NHS Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London. Our logistics people had to adapt, learn and understand the difference between construction materials and medical product at pace and scale.

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STILL welcomes 64 new apprentices and students

Logistics Business Magazine

The new recruits are starting their training and study periods in six apprenticeships and three dual study programmes. Despite its excellent reputation as a training company, the recruitment of new trainees and students presented the company with major challenges for the first time. Innovators of tomorrow.

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Blue Yonder report identifies potential 394% ROI

Logistics Business Magazine

According to the “The Total Economic Impact of Blue Yonder Luminate,” a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Blue Yonder , Blue Yonder’s SaaS-based solutions do just that. The financial analysis from the study found that companies had a net present value (NPV) of $59.79m and a return on investment (ROI) of 394%.

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Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Greenhouses can be constructed to be like semiconductor clean rooms which would eliminate the need for pesticides. Nevertheless, Mr. Ellison presented a fascinating vision centered on how technology can be used to digitally disrupt a 10,000-year-old industry. Agriculture currently accounts for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – strategic logistics and what went wrong

Logistics in War

Equally, these anecdotes present the ADF experience as one defined by collective complacency and hubris at a policy level. These views may be correct, but anecdotes are no replacement for the detailed study of what went wrong and – more importantly – why. It is especially concerned with the preparedness of the combat force.”

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Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – strategic logistics and what went wrong

Logistics in War

Equally, these anecdotes present the ADF experience as one defined by collective complacency and hubris at a policy level. These views may be correct, but anecdotes are no replacement for the detailed study of what went wrong and – more importantly – why. It is especially concerned with the preparedness of the combat force.”