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...
Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services
The concept of fourth-party logistics has existed for some time but only truly began evolving with the arrival of Industry 4.0—the digitisation of manufacturing. Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown...
