From the normans to the internet
13 September 2012
As electronic commerce is set to revolutionise supply management in the new millennium, Peter Banyard looks back over the past one thousand years to when it all began
At the beginning of this millennium, there seemed to be very little supply and virtually no purchasing in England. Who ever learns about it in history lessons at school? But it is easy to overlook the part that supply chains played. If you look back over the events of the past 1,000 years, it is clear that this part was significant, if sometimes rather haphazard....