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Daventry 1 is a National Distribution Centre for Tesco clothing and home textiles, and also uses the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) to move deliveries up to the Tesco distribution centre at Livingston in Scotland via the Grangemouth Rail Terminal near Glasgow.

The ASC at Lutterworth is one of eight reverse logistics centres in the ASDA network.

Intel, the world’s largest maker of computer chips has reduced the inventory needed to support distribution from 2.

In 2002 Asda recognised the importance of locally sourced products and created a local sourcing team to develop a local sourcing hub in Plumgarth near Kendal in Cumbria, to act as a consolidation centre for local specialist food producers.

In Nestlé’s beverage division, stocks of coffee have been reduced by 47% since 2006.

Although the 7 wastes were first identified by Toyota, their relevance extends beyond the car industry.

Toyota is one of the most successful companies in the world today.

Evidence from the work of IGD’s Food Chain Centre confirms that demand amplification is prevalent across primary food chains.

High in-store stock levels were viewed by House of Fraser as hampering great customer service.

Accountability and execution are two important factors when delivering a change agenda.

Soft drinks manufacturer AG Barr has been working to implement Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a way to better manage a high number of SKU's, a complex distribution network, and a large and varied customer base.

Filling shelves is a core activity for any retailer and Tesco has been focussing on making far-reaching improvements to this process.

Scottish & Newcastle looked at promotional effectiveness, covering weather, SKU volatility and the manufacturing process.

Dairy Crest worked on developing RRP solutions for its Cathedral City brand.

Although not, strictly speaking, a grocery retailer, WH Smith shares many of the same challenges in that it must make frequent deliveries of bulky, fairly low-value items to a widely-distributed store portfolio.

January 2007 was a key date for Tesco; the company, which has historically been noted for the stability and consistency of its business approach, chose to embed sustainability criteria into its business for the first time by modifying its long-standing “steering wheel” concept to include the new goals of “being a good neighbour” and “being responsible, fair and honest”.

Reckitt Benckiser provides an excellent examplar of the UK’s community of internationally-active branded grocery manufacturers.

Douglas Gurr, Strategy & Logistics Director at Asda was a key member of the FISS champions group for food transport, and has gone “on the record” at IGD events in order to promote the suggestions of the group.

Organix previously supplied Tesco with Snack Bags in a case of 10.

The problem of how to display bags of confectionery is a longstanding one.

Carrefour has placed a significant recent focus on implementing Shelf Ready Packaging.

Driven by the mandate of the leading Major Multiples, Marston’s undertook a development programme to provide an SRP solution for single 500ml NRB in an eight pack format.

An overview on how Woolworths is adopting RRP practices through its stores.

Details of the Global Data Synchronisation (GDS) test undertaken by Carrefour and Vania Expansion.

Key features of the work that Carrefour and Unilever have done together to improve supply chain performance.