There are undoubtedly some potential risks to consider when a company chooses to outsource its logistics operations to a 3rd party logistics provider (3PL) for the first time. This short article takes ...

Our logistics consultants evaluate risks, challenges, and opportunities in your logistics network rapidly, devising and implementing industry leading solutions. Our consultants are ready to help you ...

Companies that operate with complex machinery, robotics and technology within their supply chains know that maintenance is a must-do. Continual efficient working of machines cannot continue without it ...

Every profession has its own acronyms, and they’re a great way of quickly communicating a profession-specific phrase or reference. The logistics and supply chain profession is certainly no exception ...

There are many external influences that can impact the supply chain and in this blog, we focus on two areas: economic uncertainty and the exchange rate. Economic uncertainty is hard to plan against.

Inventory management is the science of efficiently balancing inventory cost with product availability. There are a host of reasons why businesses have to hold inventory. Typically, most businesses ...

Transport routing is a mathematical optimisation problem with a large number of constraints including vehicle capacity, access restrictions, load configuration and delivery windows. We are experts at ...

Logistics and supply chain outsourcing is an area of fast change and rapid growth. With increasingly globalised markets, combined with faster lead-time expectations, reduced working capital deployment ...

Efficient warehouse design is a key element of ensuring that material flow through the supply chain is achieved as quickly and as cost-effectively as possible. Gone are the days of ‘stores’ that ...

Supply Chain and logistics are very broad professions and the requirements for consultancy can be highly varied. Here at Paul Trudgian we have an extensively experienced team; from strategic guidance ...

There’s a common thread on many industry discussion forums posing the question – ‘how can I determine a maximum level of inventory for a product?’. As with many aspects of supply chain management and ...

With consumer service demands increasing and omni-channel operations becoming the fulfilment benchmark, development in warehouse technology is very much on the rise. Here’s a look at the warehouse ...