Supply Chain Secrets Blog
Logistics and Supply Chain news, articles, tips and insights
Supply Chain Goals for 2022
What are your Supply Chain goals for this year? Here are some tips to get you focussed on Supply Chain improvement…
Distribution Networks: Cost and Service
Stock Availability and Customer Service. How do these two affect your Distribution Networks? Watch this…
How to Improve Your Supply Chain
Here are the 9 easiest, fastest, and most effective ways to boost your Supply Chain performance. And discover the respective term of each area in these 3 categories: Short, Medium, and Long…
A Concise Guide to Inventory KPIs for Your Business
Every article we publish covering logistics and supply chain KPIs piques our website visitors’ interest and receives a wealth of positive feedback…
7 Ways to Reduce Your Road Freight Costs
How can I reduce my freight costs? It is one of the most common questions we get asked. So let us look at some of the right ways…
Supply Chain Strategy Mistakes
Developing a Supply Chain Strategy is not hard. But here are some mistakes people make in putting the strategies together. Try to avoid these…
Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs
It has never been easier, in general, for smaller companies to trade in international markets than it is today. However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry…
5 Cost to Serve Mistakes
Cost to Serve reporting, analysis, and modelling has much to offer organisations of all kinds. But sadly, most of them failed to understand it. Why is that?…
KPIs vs Benchmarking
Confused about supply chain KPIs and performance benchmarking? Here are some tips on how to use them together…
The Challenge of Freight Container Utilisation and Why it Matters
Shipping air inside expensive freight containers has never been a cost-effective approach to transportation. Today though, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more critical to try and improve capacity utilisation, given the skyrocketing costs of container freight shipping…