Supply Chain & Logistics Insights
Container Freight Costs and Forecasting: Intrinsically Linked & Frustratingly Challenging
Does your supply chain depend on container freight shipping? And are you struggling with cost and forecasting challenges?…
Is it Time for B2B Freight Providers to Learn From B2C?
You know how we often think of shipping as just trucks on the highway? Well, B2B freight is actually much more complex than that. Let me walk you through the key pieces of this logistics puzzle. When you're moving goods between businesses, you've got several options...
Supply Chain Gamification in Logistics, Warehousing & Transport
For all the hype currently surrounding supply chain gamification, it is not an entirely new business concept. Many organisations have been using simulations, like the Beer Game, for years to help companies educate their management teams in supply chain dynamics. What...
What is Reverse Logistics?
It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Tempting, but wrong. Reverse logistics isn't simply a reverse gear. Almost everything can change. Products come back in dribs and drabs, not in neatly packaged batches. They don't...
Dealing with the Climate in Your Warehouse Design
In general, design considerations for warehouses in hot countries 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...
Sales and Operations Planning Process: Explained
Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process?…
7 Golden Rules for Change Management in Supply Chain Organisations
I have a theory or two about change and change management in supply chain organisations. Actually, they apply to change in any organisation; supply chain isn't really unique in its change management requirements. My first theory is this… People do like change. We make...
Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design
I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network, they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail…
How to Mitigate Risk in Demand Driven Supply Chains
While the development of a wholly demand-driven supply chain (DDSC) might not be for every enterprise, there is no doubt that many can benefit from such a strategy. However, there are risks involved in the demand-driven approach and, for many companies, their presence...
Retail Supply Chain Management: A Guide
Like any supply chain, retail supply chains have their own unique challenges. They're different from the supply chains you might see in industrial companies or wholesaling companies, and they have very different dynamics. The retail supply chain is dealing with the...