Simon Wrangham rejoins Logistics Bureau
After a 'Sabbatical' from consulting that actually lasted four years, Simon Wrangham returns to Logistics Bureau. During his time away from Logistics Bureau, Simon filled two important senior roles, firstly as Group Supply Chain Manager Pacific for Johnson and Johnson...
Supply Chain Trends for 2013
Major Supply Chain Trends for 2013 and What Many Companies Might Miss How do those three words “supply chain trend” grab you? Perhaps there’s a sense of something new; issues to be resolved maybe, but also opportunities to be seized, with a notion of change that lets...
Cost to Serve – Part 2
WARNING: Small deliveries can kill your bottom line. So do YOU have a problem? Here’s how to check. So last time we discussed the impact of small orders and cost to serve within the distribution centre and warehouses. You can read Part 1 here. This time we'll look at...
Cost to Serve – Part 1
Small orders can kill your bottom line. So do YOU have a problem? Here’s how to check. Some of you will know that I have a ‘thing’ about cost to serve and seem to talk about it at the drop of a hat. "Maybe that’s all he knows about” you might be thinking? Well, the...
Retail Distribution Consultants
Retail Distribution is different. We understand that! Logistics Bureau is a management consulting firm that has significant experience in Retail Distribution. So whatever your Retail Distribution consulting needs, Logistics Bureau can help you. Some Retail Thoughts...
Reverse Logistics
Here's an interesting article on reverse Logistics. Patricia is completing a PhD on the topic. Reverse Logistics
5 Key Levers to Supply Chain Cost Reduction
The Essential 5 Key Levers - An Introduction Hi this is Rob O’Byrne from Logistics Bureau. People often ask me what the most effective changes are that a business can make to their Supply Chain. Generally to reduce costs in supply chain, which is the thing that most...
Supply Chain Levers Part 5
The 5 Key - Performance Measurement So in Part 1 we looked at balancing the customer and stakeholder needs. In Part 2, we looked at Supply Chain Strategy. In Part 3 we looked at flow. And in Part 4 we looked at Key Drivers. And now in this final part, Part 5, we take...
Supply Chain Levers Part 4
The 5 Key - Key Drivers So in Part 1 we looked at balancing the customer and stakeholder needs. In Part 2, we looked at Supply Chain Strategy. In Part 3 we looked at flow. In Part 5, we look at Performance Measurement And now in Part 4, we take a look at the ‘key...
Supply Chain Levers Part 3
The 5 Key - Supply Chain Flow So in Part 1 we looked at balancing the customer and stakeholder needs In Part 2, we looked at Supply Chain Strategy In Part 4, we look at Key Drivers In Part 5, we look at Performance Measurement Now let’s look at how product physically...