Oct 30, 2020 | Articles, Benchmarking
Well, I asked Steven Thacker, one of our benchmarking management experts, exactly that question! I hope his answers help you. What is Benchmarking? Benchmarking is essentially comparing; comparing one against another. When we compare different levels of... 
Oct 23, 2020 | Articles, Benchmarking, Performance Measurement - KPIs, Supply Chain Benchmarking
In an attempt to help you keep your supply chain organisation from analysis paralysis, metric manipulation, or measurement misnomers, I decided to use this post to share nine important guidelines, or golden rules, for benchmarking your business and monitoring... 
Oct 9, 2020 | 3PL, 4PL, 5PL, Articles, FREIGHT, LOGISTICS, Transport, Trends, warehouse
SUMMARY: Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains.... 
Oct 6, 2020 | Articles, environment, supply chain, supply chain education, sustainable supply chain
While your company undoubtedly has sustainability on its supply chain agenda, creating momentum can be tricky in what is after all, a fairly new way to approach performance improvement. As legislation focuses ever more heavily on environmental protection though, and... 
Oct 2, 2020 | Articles, supply chain, Trends
SUMMARY: For most people, the shared economy is best illustrated by the Uber and AirBnB concept of crowdsourcing and convenience services based on digital platforms. In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant... 
Apr 8, 2020 | Articles, Trends
The Factories are slowing down due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). China makes up 33% of manufacturing, and it is the world’s biggest exporter of products. Unfortunately, activities has been diminished in the supposed “workshop of the world” as processing...