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...
How to Adapt Your Business for Online Order Delivery—Quickly According to research, the COVID-19 pandemic will make a substantial percentage of consumers turn to online shopping. For example, in South Korea, 70 percent of consumers say they plan to shop online. The...
COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture The disruption to global supply chains caused by Beijing’s decision to close factories and lock down cities to contain COVID-19 has jolted Western companies into rejigging their supply chains, with economists...
Supply chain consultants in New Zealand know that this far-flung corner of the world is replete with logistics opportunities and challenges, just like any other nation. However, they also know that few nations have the same combination of opportunities and challenges....
Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? The answer is yes. Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and...
Here are tips on Offshoring and Global Sourcing from one of our Senior Consultants, Jonathan Zhang. “I’m Jonathan Zhang, a Senior Consultant of the Logistics Bureau. Nobody could ignore the role that global sourcing placed in today’s procurement world. Despite...