What is Inventory?
Well, I asked Keiran Hogan one of our inventory management experts, exactly that question! I hope his answers help you. Inventory can best be described as any materials or goods that pass through or are held in your business and are necessary in order...
What is Outsourcing?
Well, I asked Mal Walker one of our Logistics Outsourcing experts, exactly that question! I hope his answer helps you. What is Outsourcing? Can you give us a brief introduction to supply chain and logistics outsourcing? Outsourcing is using...
Fix Your Retail Supply Chain to Make the Last Mile Count
Last mile might be the latest buzzword (or buzzwords) in logistics, but not without good reason. If your company is trading in the fast-paced arena of omnichannel retail, this is one buzzword you really need to pay attention to. Perhaps the most important question to...
Logistics Outsourcing Secrets: A Serial Guide to Success with 3PLs
If logistics outsourcing was such a winning strategy, why isn't every company doing it, and why is it that so many logistics outsourcing partnerships terminate prematurely? The answers to both of these questions may well be connected not with the true value of...
How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA
At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I'll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. As food for thought in the...
Common Sense Warehouse Performance Metrics for Supply Chain Benchmarking
If you've heard about the opportunities and benefits that warehouse performance benchmarking can put within reach of your supply chain organisation, you might understandably be keen to get a benchmarking project under way. Before embarking on such a...
Logistics Bureau is 20 years old this month!
WOW! Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun. We’ll be doing a few things in the coming months to celebrate our Birthday. But this one is the most important. (read down to find your ‘gift’) Because without the support of our fantastic consulting clients,...
There’s a Less Frustrating Way to Negotiate Freight Contracts
What do planes, trains, trucks, and ships all have in common?... Unless you own them, you have to pay for space onboard. When you negotiate freight contracts though, there's a lot more to consider (and haggle over) than the price per unit/tonne/pallet that you wish to...
Are You Sure You’re Out of Warehouse Space?
There's no doubt at all that a lack of warehouse space will impact your supply chain performance. Indeed, if any of your company's warehouses are running at more than 85% to 90% of their total capacity, you're probably finding it hard to operate them...
Supply Chain Consultants in New Zealand: Boosting Business Performance
Supply chain consultants in New Zealand know that this far-flung corner of the world is replete with logistics opportunities and challenges, just like any other nation. However, they also know that few nations have the same combination of opportunities and challenges....