Jun 21, 2022 | Articles, Distribution Centre, Distribution Channels, Distribution Network Design, Supply Chain, Warehouse
It’s not uncommon for delegates at our workshops and seminars to ask us to can share our ‘rules of thumb’ on warehouse design. Therefore, we thought we’d put them here in an article, so anyone can refer to them when necessary. We’ve also added a...
Jun 7, 2022 | Articles, Distribution Centre, Distribution Channels, Distribution Network Design, Supply Chain, Warehouse
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...
May 31, 2022 | Articles, Supply Chain, Warehouse
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. Since I first published this article back in 2009, warehouse design principles haven’t...
May 24, 2022 | Articles, Inventory, Inventory - S&OP, Supply Chain, Warehouse
This article, written by Mal Walker, formerly a manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the January / February 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. It has since been expanded with some additional details about warehouse and inventory management...
Jan 6, 2022 | Benchmarking, Cost to Serve, Distribution Channels, Freight, Operations, Outsourcing, Performance Measurement - KPIs, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Benchmarking, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Strategy, Videos-SCM, Warehouse
Here are the 9 easiest, fastest, and most effective ways to boost your Supply Chain performance. And discover the respective term of each area in these 3 categories: Short, Medium, and Long. Watch this: Related articles on this topic have appeared...
Nov 4, 2021 | Case Studies, Distribution Centre, Distribution Channels, Distribution Network Design, Videos-SCM, Warehouse
Why your warehouse is in the wrong spot? As businesses grow, contract, and merge. And as product ranges and customer needs change, so the needs of our distribution network change. But we need to recognize how our customer service offer, in particular, drives the size...