Blogs
22 Supply Chain Areas to Check for 2022
We give you a glimpse of the 22 things worth checking in your Supply Chain for this year, 2022…
The 7 Principles of Warehouse and Distribution Centre Design
Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are underperforming…
Planning a Warehouse Network and Design: Key Factors to Consider
In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements…
KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics
Many people get confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Which ones to use?… How many to use?…
Principles of Distribution Network Design
Here is a simple case study on Distribution Networks that illustrates some key principles in Distribution Network Design…
Supply Chain Trends in 2021
What are the things in Supply Chain that companies are working on? What are the patterns? Here’s what we found looking at 100+ client engagements during 2021 so far…
How to Start a 3PL Business?
Just because you have a piece of land and you think of building a warehouse on it doesn’t mean that you will certainly be successful as a 3PL…
How to get involved with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility is an essential element in any Business these days. But for many smaller businesses, it can be hard to get started on a CSR program. It can seem very expensive.
But there are easy ways to get involved…
The Long and Short of Designing a Distribution Network
I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network, they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail…
Procurement vs. Purchasing: What’s the Difference?
The best way to understand the difference between procurement and purchasing in a business is to consider the process involved in buying a car, says Logistics Bureau’s procurement specialist, Trent Morris…
