Event Summaries

EPCA summary report on 'Maximising Performance. The Power of Supply Chain Collaboration', edited and co-authored by Alan Braithwaite and presented at the EPCA Annual Conference in Berlin on 24 and 25 October 2005. 2005 EPCA Summary (88kb)

The Explosion of Global Sourcing and the Implications for Supply Chain and Business Risk. Article recently presented at LCP's Executive Briefing on 2nd November and soon to be published. Global Sourcing (33kb)

The Chemical Logistics and SCM World Europe Conference took place on the 15 - 17 November at the Hilton Hotel in Rotterdam. A summary on the conference is available from the following link Conference Summary (39kb)

The WEEE Directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations). If you would like an extract from Julian Mosquera’s recent presentations which cover a number of reviews on the impact of the WEEE regulations, please email

The Fashion Industry Forum which took place on November 30th in London, considered the Zara business model as a background to defining a best practice approach to UK fast fashion operations. Fast Fashion Workshop - Key Findings (28kb)

The International Petrochemicals Conference was held on March 27 and 28 in San Antonio Texas. The theme of the conference was energy and the implications for Petrochemicals of higher oil and gas prices. Alan Braithwaite’s conference paper 'Maximising Performance in the European Chemical Industry through Supply Chain Management' is available from the following link NPRA Paper.pdf