Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
How many Distribution Centre Are There in Your Network?
It's really important to understand the cost impacts of the number of distribution centres in your distribution network to make it more cost effective. In this video, you'll find some of the cost elements to think about. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Best...
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Warehouse Location Decisions Made Easy
Where should your Distribution Centre be located? Deciding where to put your future Warehouse can really be challenging. But, worry no more. I'll share with you the "core principles" in finding the best location for your Distribution Centre. Subscribe...
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Get Your Fact Right
This article, written by Mal Walker, Manager at Logistics Bureau, in the January/February 2019 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. People often ask me: what is the secret to distribution centre (DC) design? I’m not sure that I have a secret to share,...
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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success
Whether you are the CEO of an expanding corporation or the owner of a fledgling enterprise, its fortunes are subject to an undeniable truth. The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. If you want business success...
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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep on Your 2019 Radar
3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019 We’ve had a busy final quarter of 2018 here at Logistics Bureau, so it was somewhat later in the year than usual when I got to thinking about what’s been going on in the supply chain world at large, and which...
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Blockchain Technology is Set to Transform the Supply Chain
How Blockchain Can Transform the Supply Chain Supply chain has become complicated. Some would say cumbersome. It takes days to make a payment between a manufacturer and a supplier, or a customer and a vendor. Contractual agreements require the services...
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How to Get the Benefit of GDPR for Your Supply Chain
The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR is often seen as a constraint on enterprises, rather than an opportunity. Yet much of what it obliges enterprises to do can be leveraged for their advantage. For supply chains, higher efficiency, lower costs, and...
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The 7 Principles of Warehouse and Distribution Centre Design
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...
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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy
If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Directly or indirectly, you are...
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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability
Supply chains are complex entities. Even if you simplify your product range and your upstream suppliers, you still have to deal with the ramifications of diverse customers, their expectations, their location and the logistics needed to meet their requirements....
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