UK shippers turn to academics for supply solution
3 April 2012
Britain’s maritime industry has turned to academics to develop procurement processes in an effort to increase efficiencies.
This is the first time that the industry has collectively decided to initiate supply chain development programmes, according to Tom Dougherty, associate director of the Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association (SSA), which met last week to thrash out priorities.
Dougherty said: “Top priorities were supply chain processes, communication and supplier relations,...