Employment options for long term success. Are you using ‘weasel’ words? This is the expression for words used to cover the true meaning of a situation. An example is ‘flexible labour’, a term used as a cover for the actual situation of irregular hours and underemployment of people. Both shippers and 3PL state that due to the demands of customers … Read More
Support Logistics keeps essential equipment running
Time is money. This is an old but true statement, well appreciated by Logisticians. My previous blogpost discussed the Logistics involved with Services Delivery. Another aspect is Services Support, which addresses the up-time of items to obtain an outcome for an organisation . The three approaches are: Asset Support Logistics Product Support Logistics Humanitarian Logistics Asset Support Logistics When a major … Read More
Services Delivery is an important part of supply chains
Services have supply chains. Services based supply chains address two aspects; one is to ensure the delivery of Services and the other the delivery of Services Product Support. Each contains the disciplines of Procurement, Planning and Logistics; however, their approach is different and also differs from product based supply chains, due to the business objectives. An example of Services Logistics … Read More
Five trends that could influence your supply chains
A future for Supply Chains. I am joining the ‘crystal ball’ community with a few broad observations about events that could influence your future supply chain decisions. Changes affecting Logistics that are happening now may take less time than expected to be adopted, or have no effect, so my observations must be read with a critical view. This will require … Read More
Using materials multiple times is a Logistics challenge
Waste in Supply Chains. The United Nations (UN) has an objective that by 2030, global food waste will be reduced by 50 percent. This is an ambitious goal, which not only requires leadership by governments, but active involvement by supply chain professionals – those that view Logistics as more than ‘box shifting’. Food waste in the agricultural supply chains of … Read More