SCALA News

Despite increasing pressures to improve their carbon footprint, particularly following the COP26 conference, many organisations still do not have a sustainability strategy in place. From surveying business leaders across the grocery and homeware industries, our research found that nearly half of homeware organisations surveyed (40%) do not have a sustainability strategy in place at all, […]

SCALA, a leading international consultancy providing independent expertise in supply chain and logistics, has appointed Juliette Pitt as its new International Business Executive. Juliette has been hired to co-ordinate business development between SCALA China and SCALA UK. In her new role, Juliette, who speaks fluent Mandarin, will work closely with the teams from both geographical

Nearly a third of UK businesses have failed to take any action to reduce the environmental impact of their supply chain operations, according to our report. The industry research on supply chain sustainability, conducted prior to COP26, revealed that 32% of businesses surveyed have no measures in place to monitor the total impact of their operations.  In

Only 18% of businesses surveyed have accurate measures in place to identify how the challenges of the pandemic have affected their businesses’ environmental impact, according to our new report.  We found that almost a third of businesses (32%) have no measures in place to monitor the total impact of their operations. This means that thousands

SCALA has announced an exciting new partnership with AIMMS with offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. The partnership will give SCALA clients access to AIMMS supply chain technology to help them make strategic supply chain decisions, identifying cost, service and resilience benefits with an awareness of the environmental impact. Whether it is adapting to

SCALA has reported a record-breaking year for turnover. This comes as the business continues to adapt to changing market conditions, such as the continued rise of automation, increased Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activity and environmental pressures.  In its 20th year of operation, company turnover at SCALA has increased by a staggering 32% above the previous highest level,

SCALA has increased its environmental credentials by qualifying as an accredited partner of Future-Fit.  Through the partnership, SCALA is now part of a global network of advisors, companies and solutions providers, all of whom share the aim of promoting greener business practices and improving businesses’ impact on the planet. From this, SCALA’s current and future

Holly joins us as a Senior Logistics Consultant and will also head up our supply strategy modelling in what is a brand new role created to strengthen SCALA’s core team and support the volume of supply chain strategy projects the business is being asked to undertake.  John Perry, MD of SCALA, said: “Following the disruption

We were delighted that Future-Fit Founder, Martin Rich, joined us for our recent Extraordinary Supply Chain Best Practice Forum to talk about the work Future-Fit does towards helping businesses meet their sustainability goals. You can see Martin’s presentation below.

70% of supply chain professionals share optimism that net-zero supply chains can be achieved but only with radical re-engineering of business models. Supply chain professionals are optimistic about achieving net-zero supply chains, as revealed at leading supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA’s Extraordinary Best Practice Forum.  More than 40 supply chain professionals from across the grocery and