Supply Chain and Logistics Blog
China’s Disruption Slows Down Supply Chains Globally
The Aussie economy may go through rough times as COVID-19 hits, it's supply and demand now that China's disruptions currently slowdown supply chains. Economic growth is an indicator showing no improvement and with little to no movement at all. All are expecting an...
Halted Manufacturing Operations in China Throttled Global Supply Chains
The Global Supply Chains throttled as the country that is being dubbed as “workshop of the world” stops their activity in attempt to end the spread of COVID-19. China makes up 33% of manufacturing globally and is the world's biggest exporter of products. Read the...
7 Key Areas of Supply Chain Opportunity for SMEs
In our capacity as a supply chain-consulting partner for small to medium sized enterprises, we’re used to helping clients with a wide range of challenges, but the majority of them fall under seven broad areas of focus. However, we prefer to think of these as...
How SMEs can Comfortably Compete with the Big Boys
Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to the market place. As far as customer relations go, bigger businesses are often seen by consumers as being distant and… well… too business-like. ‘Small enough to care’ is the real strength of the SME. Here are some of the...
5 Inventory Management Ills that Drive up Supply Chain Costs
Inventory management is complex, much more so than its moniker suggests or than some management-teams might perceive. That's perhaps why many small and medium-sized organisations out there make fundamental inventory management mistakes and pay the price of doing so....
How Small Businesses can Collaborate to cut Supply Chain Costs
How Supply Chain Collaboration Can Save Money for SMEs It stands to reason, doesn’t it? Instead of a half-empty truck travelling between one warehouse and a single retail outlet, why not adopt a co-operative approach in which multiple companies book pallet space for...
How Supply Chain Challenges Differ for SMEs and Big Businesses
When it comes to supply chain challenges, SMEs usually find themselves in the same leaky boat as their larger-enterprise cousins. But small-business owners invariably have fewer fixit options than do the captains of the behemoths and hence, are at a higher risk of...
Supply Chain Challenges for Small and Medium Enterprises
SMEs face similar supply chain challenges to large companies, but can find them financially harder to overcome. Cash flow and a scarcity of skilled human resources are among the challenges affecting SMEs emphatically, as compared to the same issues’ effects on their...