Page last updated 17th January 2020
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.
Notes from the most recent meeting
Physical Supply Chain Committee Terms of Reference
| Member | Organisation |
| Charmian Allwright | Hachette |
| Alaina-Marie Bassett | BIC |
| Vivienne Clay | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Russell Evans | Simon & Schuster |
| John Garrould | Bertram's |
| Meryl Halls | The Booksellers Association |
| Matthew Hogg | Macmillan Distribution (MDL) |
| Colin James | Penguin Random House |
| Sue Kelly | Publiship |
| Stephen Long | Nielsen |
| Andrew MacBeth | Waterstones |
| Phil O'Donnell | Bertram's |
| Simon Pallant | Gardners |
| Chris Saynor | EDItEUR |
| Caroline Summers | Emerald Publishing |
| Fraser Tanner (Chair) | Batch |
| Karina Urquhart | BIC |
Date of next Committee meeting: Thursday 5th March 2020.
BIC members interested in joining the BIC Physical Supply Chain Committee should 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.
EU Timber Regulations: Extended to include printed materials. A report by Carnstone.
Review Groups
BIC Realtime Review Group
Minutes from the most recent meeting
Industry Returns Initiative (IRI) Review Group
Meeting notes from the most recent meeting
Weights & Dimensions Review Group
Minutes from the most recent meeting
Active Task & Finish Working Groups
Price & Availability Task & Finish Working Group
Minutes from the most recent meeting
Task & Finish Working Groups which are on hold
Print on Demand & Short Run Task & Finish Working Group
Minutes from most recent meeting
Closed Clinics
Technical Implementation Clinic (Trade)
Minutes from the final meeting (in this Group's previous structure / format)
BIC Technical Implementation Clinic Terms of Reference
This Clinic has now been disbanded. BIC’s Executive Director will be writing to all BIC members later in the year to let them know how we intend to manage technical issues from our members in the future. To find out more, please visit the BIC Technical Advisories webpage, here.
Closed Task & Finish Working Groups
BIC Realtime APIs / Web Services Task & Finish Working Group
Minutes from the Library Web Services Workshop, 24 June 2015
Industry Returns Initiative (IRI) Review Task & Finish Working Group
Minutes from the Industry Returns Initiative Review Workshop, 4 November 2015
Physical Supply Chain Map Task & Finish Working Group
Minutes from the BIC Physical Supply Chain Map Workshop
Standard Address Number (SAN) / GLN Task & Finish Working Group
Supply Chain Excellence Award (SCEA) Accreditation Scheme Review Task & Finish Working Group
Minutes from the final meeting
Weights & Dimensions Task & Finish Working Group
