Aug 15, 2018 | 3PL, Offshoring, Outsourcing |
The supply chain industry is constantly in a state of flux, with nothing ever seeming to stay the same for very long. Globalisation, ever-changing customer needs, and other market forces serve to maintain a state of liquidity, requiring companies to re-evaluate... 
Jul 12, 2018 | Customer Service, Logistics, Offshoring, Supply Chain, Trends |
Trend identification is a tricky business. Supply chain trends make it yet more complex because they represent the intersections of so many different domains. What is a supply chain trend-spotter to do? Some pick out particular statistics to make precise, but...Apr 28, 2016 | Articles, Logistics, Offshoring, Outsourcing |
There is sometimes a temptation to think of logistics outsourcing suppliers as black boxes – just entities to which cartons, goods, pallets and containers can be handed off for delivery at the other end of the logistics chain. If this stage of the supply chain...Oct 19, 2015 | 3PL, Offshoring, Outsourcing |
Introduction Most, if not all readers of this article will have been born in the 20th century. It was a period of unprecedented change, flowing from the industrial revolution and two world wars. Together with incredible technological innovation, the post war years...Jul 29, 2015 | Offshoring, Transport, Trends |
Soaring crude oil prices and the explosion in globalisation (and corresponding reduction in transport availability) over the last decade or so, have together kiboshed some of the factors which once fueled a steady growth in offshore manufacture and procurement. ...Apr 19, 2013 | Articles, Logistics, Offshoring, Outsourcing |
Avoiding the Breakup! OK, so as I explained in Part One, in my view logistics outsourcing is like a marriage! And so I’m providing this three part article to help you with these sometimes challenging relationships. Outsourcing that is……I’m certainly no marriage... 
