Know your imported products supply chain risks. If your business imports products, there are additional supply chain risks, depending on the country, that must be identified and managed. In Australia, frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries etc.) are being pulled this week from home larders, school canteens and supermarket shelves. The reason is Hepatitis A, contracted when consumers eat the thawed … Read More
Supply Chain Risk is number one now and for the future
Supply Chain risks in your business. You know that supply chains are complex and they are becoming even more complex. This is due to: more multi-national businesses; increasing interconnections between organisations and a greater reliance on global specialist suppliers. 2015 Business Risk Barometer is a recent international survey by Allianz Insurance. It highlights that complexity in supply chains is increasing business … Read More
How do you rank Supply Chain and Logistics degrees?
The value of student’s entry scores. A high school student is considering studying an undergraduate degrees in supply chains and logistics, but why do programs have different entry criteria? Prospective undergraduate students must achieve their selected program’s mark in the country’s (or state) post secondary education examinations. Reviewing three universities offering supply chain and logistics degrees in Australia; University A … Read More
Should your supply chains to be in the cloud?
Outsource your logistics data storage. It can be such a relief for our data to be stored in the cloud, accessible for those who need to know and without the IT overheads – or is it? The legal firm Gilbert+Tobin reported in The Australian newspaper that the terms and conditions (T&Cs) provided by cloud computing suppliers in their contracts will be … Read More
Good logistics thinking – customers investing in better trucks
Trucks are worth money to your business. Transport can represent the single largest component of materials movement costs within your supply chains. Many businesses have outsourced all their transport operations, with the danger of a ‘set and forget’ attitude, where all they need to do is negotiate lower priced contracts. But if transport is a high cost element in your … Read More