Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
4 Tips to Help You Choose Distribution Centre Locations
ARTICLE SUMMARY One of the main challenges for CEOs and supply chain managers is deciding where to locate a distribution centre. As a consultant, I have been dealing with this particular problem for the past 30 years or so. In this time, I have formulated the...
The Basic Fundamentals of Supply Chain and Logistics Benchmarking
What is Supply Chain Benchmarking? Why and how do we do it? Check out this video to find out the answers. Also, we have a recorded webinar on this topic. You can access it here: https://www.logisticsbureau.com/benchmarking-replay/ Related articles...
3 Common Inventory Management ‘Sins’—And How to Avoid Them
ARTICLE SUMMARY 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: 1) Observe ABC Classification It has long been shown that 20 percent of lines account for 80...
The Key Factor that Determines Your Distribution Network
What influences your Distribution Network above all else? The last 23 years of designing and re-aligning Distribution Networks for our Consulting clients and after hundreds of Distribution Network assignments, I can say with 100% confidence, that there is ONE thing...
Improve your Warehouse Productivity Through Product Slotting
ARTICLE SUMMARY Product slotting can significantly improve warehouse productivity—and reduce labour costs by up to 30 percent. Simply put, product slotting is about putting the right product in the right place so you can pick it in the most efficient way. In...
The Insights on Why Only Few Women are in Supply Chain
Why are we not attracting more women into the Supply Chain profession? Why are there only about 17% of senior supply chain leaders and logistics who are female? Great questions, that we need to understand and address. Sheri Hinish is back to discuss this. ...
Three Things to avoid in Warehouse Design
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. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our websites, why not check them out? Robobyrne:...
Supply Chain Future with Sheri Hinish (Part 2)
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...