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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.

Keeping it real

Keeping it real

Plummeting new vehicle sales have led to a more buoyant second-hand market, as well as a move by operators to keep their trucks on the road for longer, but will this mean a boon for the parts and components industry, or is it as much in danger as the vehicle manufacturing sector? NADINE VON MOLTKE investigates.

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Light at the end of the tunnel

Light at the end of the tunnel

It seems as if the global economy is slowly starting to stabilise, but this isnโ€™t having a massive impact on the sad state of heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) sales. When can we expect this to change? GG VAN ROOYEN looks at what the rest of 2009 holds in store for HCV sales.

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Agility for the future

Agility for the future

If there is any upside to an economic downturn, itโ€™s that it forces companies to do things more efficiently. And, as delegates to this yearโ€™s SAPICS Conference discovered, many supply chain operations are in desperate need of streamlining.

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