Rail supply failure ‘caused collapse’_2
19 July 2012
Railtrack collapsed because it failed to integrate its supply chain, according to the company’s former head of commercial and supply management for IT.
Les Anderson, now director of Anderson Associates Consulting, told SM: “The company’s downfall happened because things didn’t work when they were supposed to, such as cracked rails. Managers were then told to spend every penny they had, and a lot more, fixing everything.”
Railtrack, the company that owns UK’s railway network including 20,000 miles of track and 2...