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Three Often Mistakes in Warehouse Desigh

Nov 13, 2020 | Education, Feature, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

What are the things that people get wrong most of the time in warehouse design? Here’s what Malcolm Walker, LB Manager Consulting, thoughts about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW0rZr68amU Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our...

Part 2: The Future of Supply Chain with Sheri Hinish

Nov 6, 2020 | Education, Feature, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

Previously, Sheri shared about the shifts in Supply Chain and how they were traditionally viewed as very transactional. You can access the first part of her interview here: https://youtu.be/J-TfpLP6pMw This time, she will be taking us to the 3 major trends that are...

Often Mistakes in Inventory

Oct 30, 2020 | Education, Feature, Interviews, Supply Chain, Videos, Vlogs

What are the things that people get wrong in inventory? Deborah Dull, Supply Chain Expert, takes us to the three areas we often get wrong or forget…

How to Benchmark Your Supply Chain

Oct 27, 2020 | Article, Benchmarking

Well, I asked Steven Thacker, one of our benchmarking management experts, exactly that question! I hope his answers help you. What is Benchmarking? Benchmarking is essentially comparing; comparing one against another. When we compare different levels of...

Part 1: The Future of Supply Chain with Sheri Hinish

Oct 23, 2020 | Education, Feature, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

What is the future of Supply Chain? An interesting question which must be addressed by the right person no other than Sheri Hinish also known as the Supply Chain Queen. Watch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-TfpLP6pMw ...

11 Golden Rules for Meaningful Supply Chain KPIs

Oct 20, 2020 | Article, Benchmarking, Performance Measurement - KPIs

In an attempt to help you keep your supply chain organisation from analysis paralysis, metric manipulation, or measurement misnomers, I decided to use this post to share nine important guidelines, or golden rules, for benchmarking your business and monitoring...

Supply Chain Career Tips with Mark Powell

Oct 16, 2020 | Education, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

Mark Powell is not only an Independent Professional Director in the Supply Chain industry but also an old friend. This time, he will share some brilliant career tips. Watch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXmZfgpyts ...

Pursuing a Career in Logistics and Supply Chain

Oct 12, 2020 | Feature, Supply Chain

So, you are thinking about a career in supply chain? You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive...

Health Supply Chains and Gates Foundation Insights

Oct 9, 2020 | Education, Interviews, Supply Chain, Videos, Vlogs

We have another exciting episode to watch and learn! We got Deborah Dull to share about Health Supply Chains and Supply Chain Education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBFL000CwvQ Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on August...

Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Oct 8, 2020 | Education, Feature, Supply Chain, Trends

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought staggering changes in higher education around the world. Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems…

Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Oct 6, 2020 | 3PL, 4PL, 5PL, Article, Case Studies, Supply Chain, Trends

Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains…

Supply Chain Advice with Steven Thacker

Oct 2, 2020 | Education, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

“The things that matter most should never be at the mercy of the things that matter least” - Stephen Covey, author of the book entitled 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' Watch the video below for more supply chain advice from Steven Thacker, Executive...

Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Sep 29, 2020 | Article, Education, Events, Feature, Supply Chain

For most people, the shared economy is best illustrated by the Uber and AirBnB concept of crowdsourcing and convenience services based on digital platforms…

Case Study of Warehouse & Distribution Centre Benchmarking

Sep 25, 2020 | Education, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

BENCHMARKING IS A FANTASTIC BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT TOOL. John Monck, Manager Consulting at Logistics Bureau will demonstrate its use and explain more about it. Kindly watch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TTHHoYCHY#action=share ...

Supply Chain and Logistics KPIs – Keep it Simple

Sep 18, 2020 | Feature, Interviews, Supply Chain, Trends, Videos, Vlogs

We get a lot of questions relating to KPIs than anything else on this blog and on our YouTube channel so here are some useful tips for that and hope you find this useful for your supply chain KPIs preparation. Do not have too many Do not go overboard to a 100-pager...