Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
10 Reasons to Review Your Distribution Network Design
After being largely ignored for many years, distribution network design has recently surged to the top of the priority list for many supply chain leaders. Still, the addition, removal, or relocation of supply points in a distribution network is no small...
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Supply Chain Leaders Programs
We need to make sure we never stop learning, and sharing our knowledge. Because those who don't, are sadly the ones who fall behind or never seem to quite 'make it' as far as they would have liked. In their careers as well as business performance. Maybe...
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Supply Chain Conference
A Supply Chain Conference with a difference! In fact many differences... Who know how when you go to a traditional Supply Chain Conference, you can sometimes be left wanting? The content might have been great, but often there isn't time for the speakers to get...
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3 Practical Metrics for Supplier Performance Evaluation
For many organisations, the reality of supplier performance management is that time and opportunity to track and react to dozens of complex KPIs simply doesn't exist. Regardless of advances in business analytics therefore, I still advocate a measured approach...
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Total Supplier Performance Evaluation: More than a Suite of KPIs
If your organization is struggling with unreliable inbound supply, one of the first things to examine is the effectiveness of your supplier performance evaluation process. In this post, I'll share some insights into why supplier performance evaluation is vital...
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How to Address Chronic Poor Supplier Performance
When a supplier continually fails to perform, buying organisations all too often take a passive approach to the problems; firefighting, making excuses for the supplier, or perhaps cursing the supplier's incompetence at internal meetings, but never directly...
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4 Tips for Effective Supplier Performance Management
Supplier performance—can you really manage it? Or is it something that you can merely monitor and hope to influence through discussion, application of penalties, or threats to discontinue relationships? With no way to directly control the performance of your...
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Warehouse Design Mistakes
Rob O'Byrne talks to Mal Walker about the mistakes companies often make in warehouse design. You can reach Mal Walker on +61 412 271 503 or Email What other tips have you got? Feel free to share them below in the comments. Best Regards, Rob...
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Running Out of Warehouse Space?
Running out of warehouse space is a really common problem! I talked to Mal Walker to see what tips he could provide. You can reach Mal Walker on +61 412 271 503 or Email What other tips have you got? Feel free to share them below in the comments. ...
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Thank You – Logistics Bureau is 19 this Month
Logistics Bureau is 19 years old this Month and we're celebrating by giving presents! Hmmm...This could get expensive, but here goes 🙂 You probably already know that here at Logistics Bureau, and all of our other ‘Brands’ we like to integrate...
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