Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
3PL Dissatisfaction – Audit to Save the Contract
I see many clients of 3PLs who are very keen to 'go to the market' to find what they believe will be a better 3PL solution for their organisation. Usually, these 3PL clients are dissatisfied with their 3PL's performance in one of more of these areas of the contract:...
read moreLogistics Outsourcing Approaches
1. Deciding what to outsource Deciding what to outsource does not have to be a complicated exercise. The key is to understand how you will approach the exercise and what your outcomes are expected to be. The more clearly you understand the motivation for outsourcing...
read moreLogistics and Distribution Cost Reduction Techniques
Cost reduction is a challenging subject in logistics and distribution and too often we’ve seen companies just try to cut headcount in order to achieve quick cost reductions. This is often completely the wrong strategy. Cost reduction starts with fully understanding...
read moreSupply Chain School visits Kmart
A huge thank you to Noel Harb and her team in Sydney for hosting an outstanding DC site visit for Supply Chain School. 30 Supply Chain School members spent 2 hours walking the site and listening to Noel, Sam and Tony describe how this vast Distribution Centre was...
read moreBenchmarking Treasure Chest Opens Online
OK, we've kept these KPIs under wraps for 20 years.... Only revealing them to our Benchmarking consulting clients. But..You can now purchase a full set of essential Supply Chain KPIs online for your industry! In 20 years of Benchmarking, we’ve never shared these...
read moreLogistics Outsourcing RFT – The Contents
Successful Outsourcing relies on a number of essentials. But a vital element, is the RFT or Request for Tender. So I thought it might be useful to share a suggested contents list for a Warehousing RFT. I’ve been involved in Logistics Outsourcing since 1994, and have...
read moreShake the World
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read moreBoost Your Supply Chain – Recent Events
"Hi this is Rob O’Byrne from Logistics Bureau Group and we’re just finishing off another series of our Supply Chain Secrets seminars. These are the free seminars that we run in Australia and sometimes around Southeast Asia. We’ve just finished our event here in...
read moreThanks a Million
We made it to 5 Million! Our Next Target is 6 Million giving impacts At Logistics Bureau we believe people and organisations deserve better outcomes. Everything we do cultivates our understanding of the world as a place where everyone should get a fair shot at living...
read moreA World of Giving
Our core purposes at Logistics Bureau Group, is helping people. And by that we don't just mean helping business people be more successful, but also others who might be less fortunate than ourselves. Since 2012, we have been a business of a wonderful organisation...
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