Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc
Supermarkets need to examine supply chain to avoid fresh produce shortages
Strawberries at Christmas? Mangoes in March? We’ve all got used to having any product, at any time of the year available in our supermarkets, ready to satisfy any food trend or surge in consumer ...
The Fresh Connection Global Challenge
The Fresh Connection Global Challenge (TFC), part of the syllabus for Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc and Procurement and Supply Chain Management MSc, is a very enjoyable and educational simulation for us. After solving ...
Drinks business founded by Cranfield alumnus survives lockdown launch to go from strength to strength
When Nick Graham, Nick Johnson and Matt Richardson sat in Berczy Park in Toronto in the summer of 2019 sipping on cans of ‘hard seltzer’ (a low-calorie alcoholic sparkling water drink) - for the first ...
Rethinking the economy in times of crises
After a first week in which many economies across the globe have come to a halt, most of us realise that at least for the near but potentially distant future things will be different. While ...
A closer look into the warehouse of a high street fashion brand
As part of our second term of the Logistics and Supply Chain MSc we got the opportunity to join a warehouse visit. In my case we went to the River Island distribution centre (DC). Luckily ...
Impressions of a very interesting morning in the John Lewis warehouse
As part of the Logistics & Supply Chain programme we visited John Lewis’s warehouse in the Magna Park, strategically located just outside of Milton Keynes. This warehouse serves as national distribution centre and focusses half ...