(Unexpectedly) Toughest Challenge Facing Manufacturing

Jobs without employees – is this the manufacturing growth impetus we weren’t looking for, but will ultimately appreciate? This article highlights the problems, broaches solutions…

Britain Rebuilding Manufacturing Industry with Government Loans – Economic Stimulus That Works!

Royal Bank of Scotland announced last week, that it would use the government’s new flagship lending program to offer cheap loans to UK manufacturing companies, in an attempt to stimulate economic growth.

RBS’s manufacturing fund is said to target medium sized businesses with annual sales of between 25 million pounds and 500 million pounds ($770 million) which are seen as a key source of growth for the British economy, Reuters reported.

“Mid-sized manufacturers are key in helping the UK grow and export out of recession. Through Funding for Lending, these are the most competitive terms that we have been able to offer manufacturers for several years,” said Peter Russell, RBS’s head of manufacturing. Hope the movement's mobile!

Data2Logistics Infuses Both Information and Action for Freight Transportation Savings

Global freight bill processor, auditor and cost reduction advisor Data2Logistics announces coupled efforts to infuse up-to-date, marketplace-based information with cost-saving freight bill auditing actions. Combined, these services are combined to benefit both inbound and outbound shippers operating domestically and internationally with a multifaceted, ongoing approach to optimize freight transportation and related cost savings. Benefit from it…

Evolving Wholesale Distribution in the E-Commerce Era

Retail Technology Review: It seems then that savvy wholesale & distribution business leaders are already exploring multi-channel sales strategies in pursuit of growth. The challenge will be to do this in a way that evolves their business model, streamlines and automates their workflow and delivers profits alongside that growth. Whilst their retail counterparts have been leading the way in e-commerce and m-commerce, the WD industry is starting to wake up to their potential. With the potential boost from these channels worth up to £16 billion, it's urgent that the wholesale distribution industry evolves its approach.

Supply chain conservation a component; transportation savings via Data2Logistics.

IDC Study: Reducing Transportation and Logistics Costs Supply Chain’s Top Initiative...

Here’s more on the supply chain cost-cutting trend; in Data2Logistics’ wheelhouse…

Cutting Supply Chain Costs Is Top Priority

LogisticsManager.com - Supply chain managers regard pressure to reduce costs as the top trend over the next five years, according to a European logistics occupier survey by Jones Lang LaSalle. Cut-away the ‘Ship Smarter and Save’ way with Data2Logistics!

Carmakers Revisit Supply Chain Strategies after Costly Disruptions

A new management report from just-auto.com, written by Interchange Europe, considers how fragile the supply chains of international manufacturing firms have become and the strategic responses now being formulated in response.

The report adds that production losses related to the disasters in Japan and Thailand hit company profits, particularly those of the Japanese manufacturers, already struggling with a surge in the yen which has risen 15% against the dollar in the past three years.

Manufacturers in all categories are planning cost-saving rout options with Data2Logistics.