Synopsis As we emerge into the 'better normal' will all the developments we have seen these two to three years fade away and old practices resurface and where things will revert to normal. People have short memories and history has a way of repeating itself - or...
Synopsis One upside of the coronavirus is the increased focus and prominence of cold chain logistics. "Every" 3PL now has a healthcare division and cold storage facilities for food, pharma, bio-medical and chemicals are cropping up everywhere. Coupled to the increased conversations around re-shoring, nearshoring and offshoring the dynamics in the temperature conundrum is more...
Today’s warehouse and distribution centre operators are tasked to improve productivity, efficiency and throughput in environments characterised by erratic demand patterns, e-commerce driven fast fulfilment requirements, space constraints, as well as labour and skills shortages. While technology is available to alleviate the shortcomings associated with...
Synopsis Many companies have sustainability programmes but often this is simply greenwashing for the sake of investors and wall street. On the other hand we also have many shippers, manufacturers, BCO's, service providers and 3PL's who can and want to do what they can to improve...
COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital platforms across many sectors, even in logistics. However, with the numerous platforms available, various problems still exist. The biggest challenge is where compliance processes worldwide remain predominantly manual, with large amounts of time- consuming documentation required and legacy systems still in...