http://www.nitl.ie/ National Institute for Transport & Logistics NITL News RSS 2.0 Feed. Please visit http://www.nitl.ie/ for more information. en-gb Copyright 2012 National Institute for Transport & Logistics. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 7:00:51 GMT 60 http://www.nitl.ie/images/pageElements/logoRSS.gif http://www.nitl.ie/ http://www.nitl.ie/Processing_Packaging_and_Logistics_2012_to_take_place_at_Citywest/Default.413.html Processing, Packaging and Logistics 2012 will take place at Citywest on May 16th and 17th 2012. This major event is organised by easyFairs, Europe's leading organiser of time and cost-effective trade events. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:29:50 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/New_FullStudents_Commence_MSc_Programme/Default.409.html As part of its largest ever annual intake, over 30 new full-time M.Sc. students recently commenced their studies and completed the first of their nine modules. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:50:38 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Welcomes_New_Executive_Masters_Students/Default.410.html Last weekend saw the completion of NITL's latest running of the compulsory introductory module on the Executive Masters programme in SCM. The module brought together participants from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. The module introduces the various components of SCM and their inter-linkages. The participants in the new cohort are from all major sectors of the economy including pharmaceuticals (e.g. GSK and Pfizer), electronics (e.g. HP and Intel) and logistics (e.g. Celtic Forwarding and Reynolds Logistics). Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:51:09 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Announces_the_Publication_of_New_Book/Default.408.html NITL is delighted to announce that the initial print run of Supply Chain Innovation for Competing in Highly Dynamic Markets: Challenges and Solutions is now in the publisher's warehouse and orders are being filled. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 8:45:52 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Student_Shortlisted_for_National_Procurement_Award/Default.406.html The shortlist has just been announced for the National Procurement Awards and NITL is delighted that Kevin O'Donoghue has been shortlisted in the “Academic and Research Excellence” category. Kevin recently completed NITL's full-time M.Sc. in Supply Chain Management. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:51:16 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Delivers_Lean_Green_Belt_Masters_Workshop_at_Alcon/Default.404.html Last week NITL delivered a workshop on the role of lean thinking in the supply chain to a group of staff at Alcon in Cork. This is part of NITL's ongoing collaboration with the Leading Edge Group on the Lean Masters Green Belt in SCM. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:14:59 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/New_Book_on_Supply_Chain_Innovation/Default.403.html A new book entitled Supply Chain Innovation for Competing in Highly Dynamic Markets: Challenges and Solutions by Pietro Evangelista, Alan McKinnon, Edward Sweeney and Emilio Esposito will be published shortly. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:44:01 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_at_the_Irish_Transport_Research_Network_ITRN_Conference/Default.401.html Last week NITL welcomed back Juan Carlos Carrasco Gimenez. Juan Carlos previously worked as a visiting researcher at NITL when his work focussed largely on issues of supply chain environmental sustainability. One aspect of this work was concerned specifically with the role of rail freight. Juan Carlos returned last week to present some of the findings from this research to delegates at the Irish Transport Research Network (IRTN) Annual Conference at University College Cork. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:46:07 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Launches_Knowledge_Base/Default.399.html NITL is delighted to announce the launch of the Knowledge Base component of its website @ www.nitl.ie/Knowledge_Base_Database/Default.67.html Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:34:22 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Visits_UK_Universities/Default.398.html In recent weeks NITL staff have been guests at a number of universities in Scotland, Wales and England as part of its ongoing academic collaboration with logistics and SCM centres of excellence. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:43:44 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/Processing_Packaging_and_Logistics_Ireland_Date_Confirmed/Default.397.html Processing, Packaging and Logistics Ireland will take place at the RDS on May 16th and 17th 2012. This major event is organised by easyFairs (see www.easyfairs.com), Europe's leading organiser of time and cost-effective trade events. Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:32:17 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_Welcomes_New_Visiting_Researcher/Default.395.html NITL is delighted to welcome a new visiting researcher to its team. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:38:41 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/Executive_Masters_Programme_Attracts_Springboard_Funding/Default.391.html NITL is delighted to announce that its successful Executive Masters programme in supply chain management (SCM) has attracted funding under the recently announced Springboard initiative of the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Springboard offers job seekers the option to take up a part-time course in higher education and training, free-of-charge. Mon, 30 May 2011 9:58:59 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/NITL_at_Diageo_Supply_Chain_Capability_Development_Program/Default.388.html The Diageo Customer Service team at St. James's Gate have recently launched their Supply Chain Capability Development Program in the Guinness Storehouse. Supply chain management (SCM) has been identified by Diageo as a key source of competitive advantage. Mon, 16 May 2011 12:04:31 GMT http://www.nitl.ie/Details_of_IPSERA_2012_Announced/Default.387.html Following another successful conference in Maastricht recently details of the 2012 annual conference of the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) have been announced. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:18:01 GMT