Dec 8, 2020 | Article, Freight Management, Supply Chain, Transport
One of the most common questions I get asked is, How can I reduce my freight costs? In answering this question I start by highlighting the wrong way to go about it. The first thing people try to do is attack the rate itself—the dollars per ton, the dollars per pallet,...
Dec 1, 2020 | Article, Inventory - S&OP, Supply Chain
Three rules are really important in inventory management. If you don’t get them right, you won’t be able to do a lot of other things. They are foundations in a way. Let’s examine each one in turn, likening it to commandment that shall free you from...
Nov 24, 2020 | Article, Logistics, Slotting, Supply Chain, Warehouse
One of the key things you can do in your warehouse to improve the productivity of your staff as far as picking and packing go is to institute a system of product slotting. How Supermarkets Slot Products You may well ask: “What the hell is...
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...
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...
Oct 6, 2020 | 3PL, 4PL, 5PL, Article, Case Studies, Supply Chain, Trends
The concept of fourth-party logistics has existed for some time but only truly began evolving with the arrival of Industry 4.0—the digitisation of manufacturing. Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown...
