Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
How Many Warehouses Should You Have?
It’s a very common question we get all the time. And the answer is different for every sort of business. But still, the most important aspect of your distribution network is your customer service offer.
Why?
Find out on this video…
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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a decade of changes to the retail world in just a year and a half or so.
Few retailers can hope to grow, or even survive today, without the ability to sell through ecommerce channels. Supply chains are continually disrupted by container shortages, a lack of air freight capacity, and movement restrictions implemented by governments to combat the pandemic…
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Supply Chain Career Tips
With its diverse range of operations, the Supply Chain industry provides numerous opportunities for jobs and career advancement…
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Fat Supply Chains
Indeed. Most Supply Chains are overweight. Nevertheless, they can improve their service and cut their costs by up to 24%. How? Through Supply Chain Benchmarking…
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3 Ways to Benchmark to Boost Supply Chain Performance
I have benchmarked supply chains for businesses all over the world for 25 years or so and have seen some incredible results.
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Business Risk and Insurance with Lisa Castagnola
Almost every business with employees has to handle the course of workers’ compensation, an insurance that covers medical expenses and a portion of lost wages for employees who become injured or ill on the job…
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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…
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Black Swan Planning in the Supply Chain
We can’t always plan for all circumstances, particularly in Supply Chain. But we need to at least ‘think through’ some worst-case scenarios and have some conceptual plans in place. So how good is your Supply Chain Planning? What kinds of things do you plan for?…
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Why 3PL Relationships are Fraught—And How to Manage Them
Third-party Logistics (3PL) companies are often accused of providing such poor service that their relationships with clients break down…
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3 Ways to Benchmark to Improve Your Supply Chain
BENCHMARKING your Supply Chain is recognized as one of the Top 3 Management Tools to improve Supply Chain performance…
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