Supply Chain and Logistics Blog

Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach
Have you ever wondered why some businesses flourish and reap healthy profits while others flounder and make losses? The answer lies in the goals they set themselves.
A few years ago, James Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” came up with the idea of a BHAG, a big hairy audacious goal…
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Why Should You Benchmark Your Supply Chain?
BENCHMARKING is recognized as one of the best ways of improving business performance. In this episode, you will understand why you should benchmark your supply chain and how you should do it effectively. Watch this: ...
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10 Proven Principles for Best Warehouse Design and Operation
If you would like to optimise the performance of your warehouse, we offer 10 proven principles of warehouse design and operation that will help you meet this challenge…
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5 Biggest Supply Chain Levers for 2021
Suppose you want to fix up your supply chain business and make the whole thing more efficient. What do you think you need to work on specifically?…
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How to Deliver Great Customer Service at the Lowest Cost
All businesses face challenges around customer service. What should the service be? Are you over-servicing, under-servicing? There are three critical steps to take to ensure optimum customer satisfaction without sinking your business…
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2021 Supply Chain Focus & Beyond
What is the future of Supply Chain? What should we focus on 2021 and beyond? Watch this…
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A Seasonal Supply Chain Gift for You
Earlier in the year, we run a webinar series for 16 weeks in all manner of Supply Chain topics. So what is really the good news? Watch this video…
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4 Tips to Help You Choose Distribution Centre Locations
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 following handy tips: …
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A Seasonal Message and a Gift
As you may know, giving to those less fortunate is deeply embedded into how we do things here at Logistics Bureau and we integrate giving into all our business transactions. This is through our Partnership with the Buy One Give One (B1G1) organisation…
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The What, Why, How of Supply Chain Benchmarking
Business benchmarking is recognised as one of the best management tools around. But what exactly is supply chain benchmarking and why is it so important?…
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