Supply Chain Secrets Blog
Logistics and Supply Chain news, articles, tips and insights
Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element
Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process?…
Distribution Channel Traps in Your Supply Chain
What are the challenges you are experiencing right now within the Distribution Channel in your Supply Chain?…
How Long Should Logistics Outsourcing Take?
Logistics Outsourcing always takes longer than you think. How long does it take to go through the process?…
No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One
A company without a supply chain strategy is at a competitive disadvantage. Still, happily, that’s a situation that can be remedied quite quickly, as long as the management team is prepared to put in the necessary effort.
How Do You Measure Your Warehouse Productivity?
What are your performance metrics, and how do you know what good target should you achieve?…
3 Practical Metrics for Supplier Performance Evaluation
For many organisations, the reality of supplier performance management is that time and opportunity to track and react to dozens of complex KPIs simply doesn’t exist…
Product Slotting Your Warehouse
What is it, and why do you need to do it? Here is John Monck, our resident warehouse expert, to tell us…
Spotlight On: The 10 Most Common Pallet Racking Systems
Pallet racking systems pervade the logistics landscape. Scattered across the country in distribution centres, sheds and stores, racking fixtures of all shapes and sizes store goods for our nation…
What is Slotting and Why is it an Important Productivity Tool?
Slotting is the shorthand term for the process of allocating product, (SKU’s), to locations in the Warehouse according to business rules and product characteristics…
KPIs for Your Warehouse: How to Choose and Use Them
Is your business one that operates distribution centres and other warehouse facilities to maintain control of inventory? If so, you’re probably engaged in the eternal search to make warehouse processes faster, easier, less expensive, and safer…