Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
Cost to Serve: Making the Link
Understanding supply chain cost dynamics can help companies recognise their profitable customers. Many companies fail to recognise the true profitability of their customers and product/service mix. Traditional reporting methods aggregate revenues and costs to...
read moreSupply Chain Education: Complementing Theory with Pragmatism
Does the following scenario sound familiar to you? Your company hires a graduate with exemplary credentials, straight out of University. He or she has spent perhaps four to five years gaining a supply chain education, starting even before leaving high school, because...
read moreLogistics Bureau signs formal MOU with Thai University
Rob O’Byrne the founder and Group Managing Director of Logistics Bureau today signed a formal Memorandum Of Understanding with Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University in Bangkok. The MOU is intended to foster the sharing and exchange of research,...
read moreTo Slot or not to Slot? That is the question
Warehouse Product Slotting - To Slot or Not to Slot? Warehouse Slotting can reduce labour costs by up to 20%! Slotting is a warehouse term that refers to intentionally placing products within the warehouse storage medium to create warehouse efficiencies. Let’s...
read moreReducing Supply Chain Costs
The Key Supply Chain Challenge of Cost Reduction Supply chain costs often represent a considerable percentage of the sales price of a good or service. Cost savings flow directly to the bottom line. If net profit on sales is 5%, for example, a reduction in supply...
read moreHow Carlsberg Sweden Improved Warehouse Productivity with Laser-Guided Vehicles
I don’t know about you, but when I think about improving warehouse productivity through automation, the images that spring to mind are either of automated management processes which improve workforce productivity, or of fully automated high-bay warehouses with cranes,...
read moreThe Fundamentals of Workforce Productivity in Supply Chain
Much is written about how to improve workforce productivity. Most of what you’ll find when you look around online pertains to the use of information technology. From warehouse management systems to labour management systems; from route planning and scheduling...
read morePeople, Assets and Technology: The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Productivity
If you’re looking for ways to improve productivity in your company’s supply chain, the answers will probably lie in the way people, assets and technology—the three pillars of productivity—are managed. Just like many supporting structures, the three pillars of supply...
read moreWarehouse Slotting: A Conversation with John Monck
Rob O'Byrne talks with one of Logistics Bureau's warehouse experts, John Monck, about warehouse slotting. Rob: Is it time to slot your warehouse? Hi, this is Rob O'Byrne from Logistics Bureau and with me today, we've got John Monck. Welcome John, John is...
read more2 Digital Ways to Increase Productivity of Transport Operations
Is your company finding it difficult to increase productivity of your transport assets? If so, you might find this brief post of value. I thought I’d share a couple of ways in which a little IT investment might just help you to make inroads into better fleet...
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