Gist welcomes road congestion relief plans
Gist, one of the UK’s leading logistics providers and part of The BOC Group, supports the government’s announcement today (16 October 2002) of £145 million spending at pinch points on major roads. As a supply chain management specialist, Gist has hundreds of lorries on the roads at any one time in the UK, transporting products and goods for blue chip companies such as Marks & Spencer and Budgens.
With each customer, Gist works in partnership to develop a service level agreement that includes strict delivery deadline criteria. Therefore, any effort the government makes to ease congestion at the busiest points will have a positive knock-on effect on its business.
Many of Gist’s customers are within the grocery sector so prompt delivery to individual stores, often several times a day, is even more critical.
Martin Gwynn, managing director Gist said: “We work closely with our industry associations and wholeheartedly support the planned improvements. With our roads becoming busier every day, congestion and the related problems it brings, such as driver stress and fatigue, means this announcement should be welcomed by the public and the logistics industry alike.”
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Notes to editors
Gist combines leading edge experience and expertise to transform supply chains through intelligent application of innovative leading edge technology, unique solutions tailored to customers’ strategies, managing change and embracing and enhancing the supply chain proposition. With industry specific experience, expertise and excellence, Gist’s solutions bring end-to-end visibility and implementation, from concept to delivery.
Gist, based in the United Kingdom, has its head office at Basingstoke in Hampshire. However, Gist’s 4,500 employees operate out of 28 locations, providing a full range of intellectual and asset-based business offering in the UK, continental Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America.
Gist’s customers (including Ocado, Marks & Spencer, British Airways, Carlsberg UK and Budgens) operate in a wide range of commercial and industrial sectors, including grocery, electronics, apparel and gas.
As part of the BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, Gist also benefits from BOC’s global capability, synergy and scale.
To find out more about Gist, for photography or to arrange an interview with the Gist team please contact the Gist press office:
Michele Mervin
Tel: 01256 891111
Fax: 01256 891122
Email: michele.mervin@gistworld.com
Gist welcomes road congestion relief plans
Gist, one of the UK’s leading logistics providers and part of The BOC Group, supports the government’s announcement today (16 October 2002) of £145 million spending at pinch points on major roads. As a supply chain management specialist, Gist has hundreds of lorries on the roads at any one time in the UK, transporting products and goods for blue chip companies such as Marks & Spencer and Budgens.
With each customer, Gist works in partnership to develop a service level agreement that includes strict delivery deadline criteria. Therefore, any effort the government makes to ease congestion at the busiest points will have a positive knock-on effect on its business.
Many of Gist’s customers are within the grocery sector so prompt delivery to individual stores, often several times a day, is even more critical.
Martin Gwynn, managing director Gist said: “We work closely with our industry associations and wholeheartedly support the planned improvements. With our roads becoming busier every day, congestion and the related problems it brings, such as driver stress and fatigue, means this announcement should be welcomed by the public and the logistics industry alike.”
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Notes to editors
Gist combines leading edge experience and expertise to transform supply chains through intelligent application of innovative leading edge technology, unique solutions tailored to customers’ strategies, managing change and embracing and enhancing the supply chain proposition. With industry specific experience, expertise and excellence, Gist’s solutions bring end-to-end visibility and implementation, from concept to delivery.
Gist, based in the United Kingdom, has its head office at Basingstoke in Hampshire. However, Gist’s 4,500 employees operate out of 28 locations, providing a full range of intellectual and asset-based business offering in the UK, continental Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America.
Gist’s customers (including Ocado, Marks & Spencer, British Airways, Carlsberg UK and Budgens) operate in a wide range of commercial and industrial sectors, including grocery, electronics, apparel and gas.
As part of the BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, Gist also benefits from BOC’s global capability, synergy and scale.
To find out more about Gist, for photography or to arrange an interview with the Gist team please contact the Gist press office:
Michele Mervin
Tel: 01256 891111
Fax: 01256 891122
Email: michele.mervin@gistworld.com
