Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
Supply Chain Profitability
How many of your products and customers are really profitable? You might be shocked. Check out this short video. So let me ask you a question, do you think all of your customers and products are profitable? I’m not so sure. Hi, I’m Rob O’Byrne from...
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Selling Online? What It Means for Your Logistics Network Design
This article was first published in the July/July 2018 issue and is re-posted here with kind permission from MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Online retail is accounting for an ever-larger part of total retail sales. Consumers armed with smartphones now...
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Beyond the Beer Game: Tips for Responsible Logistics Gamification
For all the hype currently surrounding workplace gamification, it is not an entirely new business concept. In fact, here at Logistics Bureau, we’ve been using the Beer Game (a supply chain simulation) for years now, as a way to help companies educate their...
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The Status of Logistics in Vietnam: A Very Brief Appraisal
If you are a new Vietnamese business operator in search of logistics services, a foreign company considering entering the Vietnamese market, or a multinational logistics enterprise thinking about cashing in on the country’s economic growth, it’s a good idea to...
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8 Reasons Companies Bring Outsourced Operations Back In-house
The supply chain industry is constantly in a state of flux, with nothing ever seeming to stay the same for very long. Globalisation, ever-changing customer needs, and other market forces serve to maintain a state of liquidity, requiring companies to re-evaluate...
read moreSpotlight On: Additional Storage Media
This article, written by Mal Walker, Manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the May/June 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Following from my last article, I have included some additional storage modes. Included are static storage...
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Spotlight On: The 10 Most Common Pallet Racking Systems
This article, written by Mal Walker, Manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the March / April 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Pallet racking systems pervade the logistics landscape. Scattered across the country in distribution...
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Spotlight on: 7 Key Warehouse Processes
This article, written by Mal Walker, Manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the January / February 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. The 7 Key Warehouse Processes Are all warehouses the same? Short answer: no, but yes! This...
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Reverse Logistics: Who Does it Well?
This article was first published in the July / August 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Tempting, but wrong. Reverse logistic isn't simply a reverse gear. Almost...
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Thailand Ecommerce Logistics for ASEAN Enterprises: Should You Go Local?
The ecommerce market in Thailand has never been healthier and all the signs indicate huge potential for growth in the next few years. With the Thai government’s Thailand 4.0 initiative set to encourage commercial investment and an upgrade to the transport...
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