Press releases 2002

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.

Gist, one of the UK’s largest logistics providers, is tackling the current shortage of mechanics with an innovative new apprentice programme. The lack of trained mechanics able to maintain vehicles is a real problem for the industry and Gist’s new recruitment strategy is proactively dealing with the issue before it becomes unmanageable.

Gist has widened its reach further around the world with the news that it is to operate a new national distribution centre for sister company BOC Industrial and Special Products (I&SP) in Australia.

An improvement in the flexibility of semiconductor supply chains is vital if the industry is to enable itself to respond to predicted increases in demand. According to research carried out by Gist, the supply chain management specialist, it is widely felt that poor supply chain management is a key contributor of the current semiconductor downturn – the worst in the history of the industry.