Supply Chain Acronyms & Abbreviations
Like any industry, in Supply Chain and Logistics we have a lot of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Here is a starter list. If you add some more in the comments section we'll add to the list and see how big it grows! 3PL 3rd Party Logistics 4PL 4th Party Logistics...
The Ultimate Supply Chain IT System—Will There Be Only One?
If you were tasked with procuring the ultimate supply chain IT system, what would you look for? As if the plethora of point applications such as WMS, TMS, route optimization, or yard management software isn’t enough to get your head around, there are the relative...
Chain of Responsibility: An Interview recorded with Mike Wood
How important is it to know Chain of Responsibility? Rob O'Byrne talks with Mike Wood, an expert in the matters of Chain of Responsibility. Rob: Hello everybody, this is Rob O’Byrne from Logistics Bureau and with me today, I’ve managed to pin down...
Focussed Free Supply Chain & Logistics Seminars
"You're doing What?" As you may know, we've been running Free Supply Chain and Logistics Seminars at Logistics Bureau since....I think it was 2001. And now we're reviewing our Seminar format again, to be trialled in November in Sydney and Melbourne. But of course some...
3 Mistakes to Avoid in Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility
We’ve been talking a lot recently about corporate social responsibility here on the Logistics Bureau blog and that’s fine, because it’s a topic well worth talking about. In fact, this post focuses on why you should talk about the CSR efforts being made by your...
How to Rise Above the Sustainable Supply Chain Plateau
When it comes to monitoring suppliers’ sustainability performance, buying companies today largely follow a set of fairly standard procurement guidelines, which hold suppliers to compliance with environmental legislation. This has led to a sustainable supply chain...
Balancing the Bottom Lines of Corporate Social Responsibility
What does it mean to be socially responsible corporation? If a clear answer to this question eludes you, you’re in good company. It seems that every business leader has a different take on what corporate social responsibility means and how well her organisation meets...
Why You Should Consider Warehouse Task Interleaving in DC Design
Does your logistics and warehousing operation use WMS and, if so, do you have it set up to support warehouse task interleaving? If not, you might be shocked to know that you could be missing out on warehouse productivity improvements of up to 30%. Warehouse...
Corporate Social Responsibility – Much More than Just Marketing
It has a nice ring, but is there more to it? "Corporate social responsibility" or CSR for short suggests ethics and business working together. It might be the latest invention of a marketing department. On the other hand, it could turn out instead to be the backbone...
Free Supply Chain Knowledge – What would you like to know Survey
So, what would you like to know more about? Throughout the year we provide a broad range of free Supply Chain information and training. We’ve been doing that ever since we started Logistics Bureau in 1997, via free seminars, webinars, articles, videos and the like....