Community service
13 September 2012
ICL’s move from manufacturing to computer services company has meant new challenges and rewards for staff working in logistics, who now belong to ‘professional communities’. Mark Whitehead reports
The atmosphere inside the huge warehouses at ICL’s main UK site on an industrial estate in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, may seem relaxed. But the almost casual air belies the complexity and pinpoint precision of an operation involving the movement and storage of about a million pieces of equipment every year. These items reflect ICL’s role as one of the biggest...