Ex LAA President Mal Walker Joins the Logistics Bureau
Ex Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) NSW and National President Mal Walker has been appointed as Manager Consulting to the Logistics Bureau team. Mal says “Its a pleasure joining Australasia’s leading Supply Chain Practice. I’m especially looking forward to...
Transport Consultant talks Optimisation
Here are some Transport Optimisation tips from John Cole, a specialist Transport Consultant at Logistics Bureau. "Hi, I’m John Cole. Many users of transport services wrongly associate optimization with the process of changing carriers, which in my experience means...
Retail Supply Chain and Value Stream Thinking
Retail Value Streams in Distribution and the Supply Chain. Retail Supply Chains need to be flexible and adapt to the needs of your product range. Rob O'Byrne explains in this Video the concept of value streams. "Over the years, I've been lucky enough to work with...
Using Benchmarking to achieve Supply Chain Improvement
Published in MHD SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS — NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2008. (Note: Benchmarking Success is part of the Logistics Bureau Group) Ingram Micro in Australia is part of the world's largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and...
Cost to Serve – An Introduction
Cost to Serve, Cost to Market In this Video, Rob O'Byrne of Logistics Bureau, talks about the principles of Cost to Serve in Logistics and the Supply Chain. Why do you need to know your Cost To Serve? Logistics Bureau's consultants have been conducting Cost To Serve...
3PL Tips
In this Video, Mal Walker of Logistics Bureau provides some tips for Logistics Outsourcing (3PL). It's estimated that over 80% of companies globally now outsource some or all of their logistics activities, but outsourcing does not suit all companies and some...
Warehouse Location Decisions
Warehouse Design Consultant Mal Walker of Logistics Bureau talks in this Video about key decisions in warehouse location. “Chief executive officers and supply chain executives typically ask two questions with respect to warehouse location decisions: 1. How many...
Logistics Bureau Asia (LBA) Launches Training LBA
Logistics Bureau Asia (LBA) which has its head office in Bangkok has recently launched a new training division called Training LBA. Training LBA provides a range of public training workshops focusing on key aspects of Supply Chain and Logistics management....
What matters and where are we headed – A view from within the Industry
Published in Australasian Freight Logistics November 08 edition by Brigid McCarthy. In the last two months I have spoken with representatives from ten transport companies. Within this group, there are subsets of road and rail freight service providers. Some offer...
Inventory Management – An Introduction
Mal Walker of Logistics Bureau gives a great Video Introduction to Inventory Management. How Much Inventory Should I Hold? "One of the principles of supply of goods to a market is that companies hold enough stock to satisfy customer demand, without holding too much....