Reverse Logistics: Navigating your way from B to A
Reverse logistics plays an instrumental role in the supply chain strategy of any business looking to optimise its cost-and-time efficiency
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The impact of climate change on global supply chains
For supply chains, climate change will impact the manufacture of consumer goods, transport between regions and vehicle usage.
Building Supply Chain Resilience in 2022
Following the disruption caused by Brexit and COVID-19 throughout 2021, the new year must see a renewed focus on building supply chain resilience.
Q-Commerce and the Future of Logistics
What is Q-Commerce and is it the future of online retail?
What is just in time (JIT) shipping and can it improve your logistics?
JIT shipping offers a range of benefits, but there are risks involved when relying on predictions and demand forecasts.
Insourcing vs Outsourcing logistics: Which is best?
Which is best, outsourcing logistics to an expert or attempting to manage the entire process in-house? There are pros and cons to both; ultimately the decision you make will depend on your business and how it operates.
How logistics firms can handle the HGV driver shortage
With fewer HGV drivers, there has been an issue with supply and demand. It has delayed the time from which a product leaves a farm, factory or warehouse to when it arrives in-store or delivered to the door. This, in turn, has increased product costs and essentially the cost of living.
Inventory analysis: The tools you need for success
inventory analysis and management can be done in many different ways, depending on your business
Suez Canal: What happened and what can the logistics sector learn from it?
Crises such as the Ever Given incident act as timely reminders that we can never take international logistics for granted.
COVID logistics: Ensuring our staff are safe
With COVID infections expected to rise once again this winter, its’ essential you can keep warehouse staff – and the rest of the supply chain – safe.
Is AI the future of supply chain management?
Since the advent of telematics and geolocation, the implementation of smooth supply chain management has gotten considerably easier. Communication between drivers, warehouse staff, logistics and operations has become more coordinated, and client expectations can be managed in real time if, for example, there are issues with stocking, delays, or shipping.
What are ISO QMS Certifications and what do they mean?
ISO QMS (Quality Management System) Certifications are internationally-recognised standards which ensure that an organisation, of any size, can be relied upon for quality.
What causes friction in a supply chain?
A smooth supply chain works when logistics services stay on top of customs requirements around the world; relying on a logistics company that is global, with warehousing facilities in key locations for effective forward stocking, can mitigate delays and ensure goods are picked, packed and shipped quickly.
What is IOSS and how will it impact your logistics?
The Import One-Stop Shop, or IOSS, is an electronic portal that enables ecommerce retailers to collect VAT at the point of sale. It’s being introduced by EU governments to simplify VAT payment for retailers and distance sellers, whilst also supporting a wider EU initiative to clamp down on import tax evasion and fraud.
Logistics in a post-COVID world
Find out how COVID-19 transformed – and is continuing to change – how logistics, warehousing and fulfilment services operate.