Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
The Future of Urban Logistics Needs People Too
There’s a great deal of excitement surrounding the future of mobility. Software driven solutions are increasingly implemented to move around billions of people and goods as efficiently as possible. The impact of these developments on supply chain management is...
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Better Spare Parts and Supply Chain Management via 3D Printing
Supply chain management is a constant juggling act. It must balance overall inventory, local availability, and variations in demand. If managing these factors is already a challenge for new products, then spare parts represent the ‘perfect storm’. Maintenance...
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The Cost to Serve Bangkok Customers… And Why it Matters
Is your company in the business of serving customers… any type of customers, in Bangkok? If so, do you really know the impact of logistics costs on your profits? Many companies don’t. In this short article, I’m going to explain why not knowing the cost to serve...
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Thailand Distribution Network Design: Should You Optimise or Wait?
Big changes are on the cards for Thailand’s transportation infrastructure, assuming the government’s plans to upgrade road and rail networks between now and 2022 come to fruition. No doubt if you rely on a distribution network to supply customers in Thailand, you...
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Dealing with the Climate in Your Thailand Warehouse Design
In general, design considerations for warehouses in Thailand differ little from anywhere else in the world. However, there are one or two differences that can sometimes be overlooked, especially by companies operating out of older premises, or those expanding...
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Supply Chains and Blockchain Part 2 – Making It Work
Can blockchain improve your supply chain? Only if you can make practical use of it. Currently, blockchain is still new and shiny, and a bit mysterious. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been fuelling interest and examples are multiplying of blockchain being...
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Why do we provide FREE Supply Chain Seminars?
Why does Logistics Bureau provide free supply chain seminars every year? Rob O'Byrne will tell you. Get Event Invitations Here: If you don't already receive invitations to our Free Supply Chain Seminars, register here: www.logisticsbureau.com/events/...
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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics
From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways—function and form included. Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Just-in-time...
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8 Common Warehousing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
To say there is any one single way in which to manage a warehouse would be folly—much depends on the nature of the supply chain and of the warehouse itself. However, there are certain common principles that can and should be applied. Conversely, of course, this also...
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3 Tips for Cargo Theft Prevention
As globalization continues to increase the amount of freight shipped across international boundaries, so too does it increase the risk of losses through cargo theft. Already this year (2015)`, a spate of cargo vessel hijackings in the Asia Pacific region has...
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