How to Improve Supply Chain Performance With Best Behaviours

Dec 1, 2016 | Supply Chain Benchmarking

Perfect order, DIFOT, inventory days of supply; the list of operational supply chain metrics goes on. Google “supply chain metrics” and you’ll be greeted by thousands of suggestions for measuring supply chain performance, almost all of which focus...

Is Your 3PL Partner Tardier Than You Thought?

Nov 7, 2016 | Articles

If your company has outsourced logistics activity, the performance of your 3PL provider will influence how customers see your brand and ultimately, can either enhance or tarnish your business reputation. If you want to be certain that your 3PL will serve as a valuable...

Technology as a Driver of Last Mile Delivery Performance

Oct 3, 2016 | Articles

It may be a mile or two, or it may be a hundred miles or more, but the so-called last mile of the supply chain can account for more than 25% of total transportation costs. With that in mind, a focus on last mile delivery efficiency can potentially yield big cost...

Accountability: the Key to a High-performance Warehouse Workforce

Sep 5, 2016 | Articles

Unless you’re managing a fully automated warehouse or (network of warehouses), a high-performance warehouse workforce is as critical to success as any technology solution you might invest in; any best practice you implement, and any strategy developed to...

After External Supply Chain Benchmarking: Innovate, Don’t Emulate

Aug 8, 2016 | Supply Chain Benchmarking

When employed properly and for the right reasons, external benchmarking can be the catalyst for valuable cost savings and progress toward supply chain excellence. Yet plenty of organisations have not achieved the benchmarking ROI their leaders had hoped for. In many...