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What Will Pop Up in Your Supply Chain in 2017?
New Year is traditionally a time both to look back at what has gone on, and to anticipate what the coming 12 months will bring. In logistics especially though, it's always wise to keep a keen eye on the future horizon, so I thought I'd put together a few lines on...
Supply Chain Leaders: Are You Psychopaths or Saviours?
According to a recent psychological study in Australia, supply chain leaders are a ruthless, calculating lot, drawn to their chosen careers because the supply chain is action-packed and opaque in nature. This commercial environment apparently appeals to the nature of...
A great Day at Supply Chain Leaders Insights
This made all the hard work worth it! Are you coming next time ? Supply Chain Leaders Insights.
The Supply Chain Essentials Checklist Every CEO Should Use
If you're a CEO and you keep yourself up-to-date with executive trends, you've probably heard a lot lately about the importance of understanding your company's supply chain. As someone once said though, there's no such thing as CEO training and the demand for your...
3 Benefits of Transportation Fleet Benchmarking in Logistics Companies
Are you responsible for transport and distribution in a manufacturing or retail organisation? Is your company a third-party logistics provider with its own fleet of transport assets? Or are you in charge of a field service company or division, trying to maximise the...
Supply Chain and Logistics Process Mapping: Why and When to Do It
If your company has ever hired a logistics consulting company (or any type of consulting firm for that matter), you may have noticed how keen their consultants are to carry out logistics process mapping at the start of a project. Rest assured, process mapping is not...
Supplier Days: A Great Way to Jump Start Supply Chain Collaboration
It's also no secret that supply chain collaboration, while invaluable, is something easier said than done. If this is something your company is endeavouring to master, a great place to start is with your direct suppliers. One way to get the collaborative ball rolling...
3 Steps to Keep Forced Labour Out of Your Supply Chain
Australian fashion companies have been making the news lately, but not all of them in a good way. At least two luxury clothing brands were publicly criticised for their inability or unwillingness to disclose the sources of their products, leading to speculation that...
Hiring and Retaining the New Supply Chain Workforce
Skills requirements for the supply chain workforce are changing fast, driven mainly by the growth in globalisation and the technology advances which will continue to transform the way supply chains operate. Moreover, tribal knowledge; the inherent wisdom acquired and...
Has Ecommerce Supersized the Supply Chain Warehouse?
While researching online for some blog post ideas, I came across a great article from Newsweek, written back in 1995. The author of the article was predicting that among other shortcomings of the Internet, it could never realistically support activities such as...