Your Warehouse is in the Wrong Place
Why your warehouse is in the wrong spot? As businesses grow, contract, and merge. And as product ranges and customer needs change, so the needs of our distribution network change. But we need to recognize how our customer service offer, in particular, drives the size...
The Long and Short of Designing a Distribution Network
I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network, they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail. Maybe it’s because the tools are out there to do it now,...
4 Tips to Help You Choose Distribution Centre Locations
Where should we locate our distribution centres and how many should we have? These are the types of queries I get all the time from company CEOs and supply chain managers. I have been helping people with these challenges for about 30 years, during which I have...The Best Factor that Shapes Your Distribution Network
What influences your Distribution Network above all else? The last 23 years of designing and re-aligning Distribution Networks for our Consulting clients and after hundreds of Distribution Network assignments, I can say with 100% confidence, that there is ONE thing...