THE SUPPLY CHAIN BLOG
Black Friday’s Results and Its Logistics Impact
Another year of holiday shopping madness is nearly in the books, and the Thanksgiving and Black Friday results are out. What happened and what does it mean for your business? Well, not much changed and holiday shopping appears to be following the same trend as it has been. From both personal experience at the Matt at Millenia in Florida and from reports across the country, in-person shopping is decreasing and online shopping is increasing significantly.
Warehouse Design for a Greenfield Building Material Plant
A modified wood products manufacturer was planning construction of an additional plant to fulfill increasing demand. The company had already developed a preliminary layout of the facility in tandem with an architect for budgetary purposes.
3 Ways to Increase Sustainability and Profit through Smart Logistics
Nearly all of the150 largest companies in the world have a Chief Sustainability Officer at VP level or higher. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a major talking point in many annual reports and conferences. This is all good and proper, but many of us have a feeling that it is simply window dressing we are witnessing, and not a lot of concrete action.
Revenues from Logistics and Supply Chain
Logistics and supply chain can be a game changer in terms of creating new revenue for your company. If you break free of the silo thinking you may see ways to use logistics to make more money.
Logistics as The New Storefront
Logistics is the new storefront, meaning you can make money for your customers through logistics. You want to be the one who is talking to the customer, because that makes the difference. You want to be in charge of the inventory management because the availability is the key in the new world here of Logistics as the Game Changer!
When to Outsource Warehousing, and When to Keep It In-House
The sizing of your warehouses is likely to always be wrong and risk being in the wrong geographical location if you want to integrate your acquisitions into your infrastructure. A flexible outsourcing contract will be easier to adapt to accommodate your ever changing new realities.
Seven Trends in Logistics
Warehousing; In-House or Outsourced? On one side, the 3PL providers are getting better and have all the credentials needed, which is tearing down a lot of the walls of resistance towards outsourcing. On the other side is the feeling of lost control and freedom that could be needed as logistics is getting even more important. There are a lot of other reasons, but everybody is talking about it.
Warehouse Design in the Real World
Hakan Andersson discusses warehouse design in the real world.