Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
How AI Helps Build the Supply Chain that Thinks for Itself
How close are we to supply chains that can run themselves? Are production, warehousing and transport ready to become lights-out operations, where no human being is needed? Artificial intelligence can already automate much of supply chain. It can also make a supply...
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A Recommended Approach to Warehouse Layout and Operational Design
Is your warehouse full of pallets sitting on the aisle instead of up in the racks? Do you need a bigger facility to cater for the forecast growth of your business over the medium to long term? Is your warehouse operation inefficient? Does your warehouse storage and...
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Don’t Let Your RFT be a 3PL Solution Designer’s Nightmare
At their best, third party logistics (3PL) companies provide new and innovative ways to improve logistics effectiveness. They are also agile and flexible enough to accommodate the current and future business needs of...
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Is Your Company on top of its Inventory Planning Game?
Good inventory management, like everything else, starts with good planning. But planning isn't just the start; it's the very foundation of effective inventory control. Inventory planning also happens to be an area that many companies fail to prioritise...
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Common Supply Chain Mistakes to Avoid
Are You Suffering Too? I see these same mistakes, day in day out, Across all industries, across all countries, and it has been that way for as long as I can remember… So let me share some thoughts that might help you avoid these mistakes and boost your Supply...
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Warehouse Design – Rules of Thumb… And a Checklist
It's not uncommon for delegates at our workshops and seminars to ask us if Mal Walker can share his ‘rules of thumb’ on warehouse design. Therefore, we thought we'd put them here in an article, so anyone can refer to them when necessary. We've also added a checklist...
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Level 1 Supply Chain KPIs
Back in 2014, I remember talking on a webinar about Supply Chain KPIs, and when asked about my thoughts on these, I responded as follows: 1) Make them ‘meaningful’ 2) Keep them simple 3) Don’t have too many The chart below illustrates the Level 1 Supply Chain KPIs...
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Supply Chain Education: What Skills Do Your Staff Need?
Our blog posts and articles here at Logistics Bureau are almost always written to inform, but this time we're writing with a request for information. We'd like to know what you believe your managers and staff need from a supply chain education program. Why are we...
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Spotlight On: Distribution Centre Design
Many logisticians are keen to understand the basics behind effective distribution centre design. This is a complex area as there are scores of variables that have to be considered. So to help you along, without getting into tedious details, here are some proven...
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The Changing Face of Supply Chain Security
Security has been an issue since supply chains began. Even the first camps and convoys had to deal with attackers and criminals. Theft, fraud, smuggling, sabotage, hijacking and piracy were all present. Today’s complex networks of storage and intermodal transport...
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