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Logistics and Supply Chain news, articles, tips and insights
Women on Starting and Succeeding a Supply Chain Business
Why Supply Chain? What was the attraction? We have Suuchi Ramesh, Founder and CEO of Suuchi Inc., to answer these types of questions. Watch the video below:…
Why Should You Benchmark Your Supply Chain?
BENCHMARKING is recognized as one of the best ways of improving business performance. In this episode, you will understand why you should benchmark your supply chain and how you should do it effectively. Watch this: Related articles on this topic...
5 Biggest Supply Chain Levers for 2021
Suppose you want to fix up your supply chain business and make the whole thing more efficient. What do you think you need to work on specifically?…
2021 Supply Chain Focus & Beyond
What is the future of Supply Chain? What should we focus on 2021 and beyond? Watch this:…
Procurement vs. Purchasing: What’s the Difference?
The best way to understand the difference between procurement and purchasing in a business is to consider the process involved in buying a car, says Logistics Bureau’s procurement specialist, Trent Morris…
Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach
Have you ever wondered why some businesses flourish and reap healthy profits while others flounder and make losses? The answer lies in the goals they set themselves.
A few years ago, James Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” came up with the idea of a BHAG, a big hairy audacious goal…
4 Common 3PL Mistakes on Logistics Outsourcing Contract
Having clear expectations is one among the four common mistakes that 3PL companies get into logistics contracts. It’s the power of the draft that is your opportunity to lay down exactly what you want and how it is going to work. Surprisingly, there are still a lot of...
10 Proven Principles for Best Warehouse Design and Operation
If you would like to optimise the performance of your warehouse, we offer 10 proven principles of warehouse design and operation that will help you meet this challenge…
Why Logistics Outsourcing can go Badly Wrong
Having been involved in hundreds of outsourcing projects over the last 23 years, I’ve been able to deal with various clients. And when Logistics Outsourcing goes wrong, I get questions like “Who’s to blame? Is it the 3PL company who screw it up? Or Is it the customer?...
How to Deliver Customer Satisfaction and Service at the Lowest Cost
All businesses face challenges around customer service. What should the service be? Are you over-servicing, under-servicing? There are three critical steps to take to ensure optimum customer satisfaction without sinking your business…