A new Supply Chains Network model Climate Change is reported to take the world beyond the maximum target 1.5°C increase in warming around 2030. This situation will drive the use of different materials in products, new Supply Chains for businesses and new business relationships. Therefore, a new Supply Chains Network model is likely to develop after 2030, due to increasing … Read More
Three strategies to one Supply Chains Network strategy
Supply Chains Network strategy model Your organisation’s Supply Chains Network strategy is likely to be in place for between three and five years. However, it needs to be reviewed and possibly updated annually to reflect changes in user and supplier markets. An organisation’s Supply Chains Network strategy should be a consolidation of at least three strategies: Procurement, Operations Planning and … Read More
Climate Change Scope 3 action in Supply Chains
Action to date More than 1700 scientists issued a global climate warning in 1992, so 2022 is the 30th anniversary. As a reflection of the time taken for action, the UN is hosting the COP27 conference in Egypt, between November 6-18, to discuss the implementation timetable for emissions reduction over the next eight years. The planet is currently on track … Read More
Logistics contracts need the Total Cost of Ownership
Hub transport locations Investment decisions in Logistics are typically made by individual entities for their own policy or profitability reasons. The objective is usually to reduce the unit costs for the entity – not to reduce total Logistics operations costs across the affected Supply Chains. An example has been the development of ‘Hub’ sea and airports and multi-modal centres. Providing … Read More
Uncertainty in your Supply Chains can assist changes
Uncertainty in Supply Chains For the past twenty plus years, the economies of developed countries have been based on low inflation and the three ‘low costs’ – labour (as a percentage of Value Added), goods (increasingly from China) and energy (especially gas from Russia to Europe). Following the pandemic, there is a now a new era, which has commenced with … Read More