About the Physical Supply Chain Committee
Mission Statement
The aim of the BIC Physical Supply Chain Committee is to gather together senior strategic representatives from across the publishing and bookselling industry to steer BIC’s work in the physical supply chain and ensure that printed books and their associated workflows continue to have a strong industry voice.
This committee agrees it is in the book industry’s interest to establish a leaner, more efficient, innovative and collaborative physical supply chain to save costs, reduce waste ,and improve information exchange and customer service.
In order to best serve the interests of the book industry in this way, and to be able to adapt to the rapidly changing expectations of its customers, the committee will support, evolve & enhance standards and best practice for the UK supply chain always with an international view and will engage with other BIC Committees and industry organisations including the Publishers Green Network (or equivalent) where appropriate.
The committee firmly supports the creating and selling of printed books.
Joining the committee
BIC members interested in joining the BIC Physical Supply Chain Committee should read the Terms of Reference and complete the application form here and send to info@bic.org.uk.
Please note, the opportunity to sit on any BIC Committee or Group is reserved solely for BIC members.
Current Committee Membership
| Full Name | BIC Member Organisation |
|---|---|
| Imogen Blundell | Nosy Crow Ltd |
| Martyn Clements | Ingram Lightning Source UK |
| Vicky Ellis | Clays |
| Russell Evans | Hachette UK |
| Caroline Gorham | Canongate Books Ltd |
| Sabine Guerry | CloudPublish |
| Meryl Halls | The Booksellers Association |
| Matthew Hogg | Macmillan Distribution (MDL) |
| Sue Kelly | Publiship |
| Cameron Macaulay | CPI Books |
| Andrew MacBeth | Waterstones |
| Simon Pallant | Gardners |
| Chris Saynor | EDItEUR |
| Fraser Tanner (Chair) | Batch |
| Karina Urquhart | BIC |
| Aviva Weinstein | Penguin Random House UK |
| Kimberly Wiley | Emerald Publishing |
| Matt Wright | Hachette Distribution UK |
Minutes from meetings
Meeting notes: Notes from the most recent meeting (and all meetings prior) are available on request (to BIC members only) via contact us.
EU Timber Regulations: Extended to include printed materials. A report by Carnstone.
Committee meetings frequency
Three Committee Meetings Per Year: March, July, November.
Review Groups
This committee oversees the following review groups that meet as and when required by our membership. These review groups are open to BIC members only.
- BIC Realtime Review Group
- Industry Returns Initiative (IRI) Review Group
- Weights & Dimensions Review Group
Online Clinics
Technical Implementation Clinic (Trade)
For BIC members only. This clinic operates as an online forum for resolving technical issues with regards to ONIX, TRADACOMS, EDI, BIC Realtime etc. Please contact us if you would like to get involved.
To find out more, please visit the BIC Technical Clinics webpage.