Homebase - Where Collaboration Delivers
Faced with the dual challenge of taking £20 million-worth of inventory out of its supply chain and driving productivity improvements across its distribution network, DIY retailer
Homebase has leveraged its collaborative relationship with Unipart Logistics to deliver on its objectives. A supply chain report from Focus magazine. Read article
Kimberly-Clark - The Lean Challenge Lean thinking is presenting many opportunities for consumer packaged goods manufacturer, Kimberly Clark. Outsourcing the management of its Barton Mill DC to Unipart Logistics has broadened the company’s perspective on operational efficiency – challenging many of the global manufacturer’s notions on labour management and productivity. A Business Focus article from Focus magazine. Read article
Vested Outsourcing: Jaguar and Unipart Logistics The Five Golden Rules to Transforming Outsourcing Partnerships. Co-author of a new book entitled ‘Vested Outsourcing’, Kate Vitasek — a leading academic from the University of Tennessee — outlines the ten key ailments that commonly afflict outsourced partnerships, and presents five golden rules for success. Read article
BSkyB and Unipart Technology Logistics Unipart Technology Logistics has further cemented its key partnership with BSkyB after having secured a contract for the maintenance and repair of its set top boxes. A profile by European Supply Chain Management magazine. Read article
Enhancing Performance through Employee Engagement A Report to Government by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke: "For Unipart, engagement is essential for the continuous improvement and innovation that make them market leaders. The company uses Lean processes to ensure continuous improvement, but this technique relies on employees being engaged in the improvement of the business in order to identify problems and solve them at a local level." Read article
Unipart Platinum Award in CR Index
This Financial Times Special Report on Responsible Business, profiles the Unipart Group as one of the organisations leading the way in responsible business practices. Unipart is a platinum status award winner in the Business in the Community’s 2010 CR Index, the UK’s leading benchmark for responsible businesses. Read article