Supply Chain & Logistics

Reading Time: 3 minutes The importance of warehouses in the Supply Chain process Warehouses are a piece of the puzzle that customers often don’t see during the buying process, but everything they buy travels through the system and all counts towards their buying experience. International trade and e-commerce have been considered as the main reasons that the absorption rate…

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is Automation? ISA define automation as “the creation and application of technology to monitor and control the production and delivery of products and services.” Automation “now not only includes robots on the warehouse floor, but also artificial intelligence and data processing technologies that can gather and process information more efficiently than humans can.” –…

Reading Time: 3 minutes A career path in Logistics is relatively new but evidently offers an extremely rewarding journey for ambitious individuals wanting to make an impact. According to Forbes, 2016, the rise of technology since the 2008 economic crash has brought about a mass scale of disruption into the Logistics and Supply Chain industry, with a demand that…

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is Blockchain? Blockchain can be described as an ‘append-only transaction ledger. Where the ledger can be written onto with new information, but the previous information, stored in blocks, cannot be edited, adjusted or changed.’[1] Or to put it in very basic terms, blockchain is a computer file used for storing digital data or events…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Working in the logistics industry you need to have a certain set of skills to not only get into the field but succeed within it. Here at Detail2, we spoke to our logistic specialists and asked what skills are required when they are looking to recruit logistic professionals for our well-known clients. Below is a…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Finding the perfect recruitment partner for your business can be tricky. Recruitment agencies, as a whole, have a tarnished reputation for being lazy, unreliable and expensive. Whilst this can be said for some, the majority of recruitment firms really are committed to matching you with the right candidates to fit your growing team. With this…

Reading Time: 3 minutes As a wholesaler or manufacturing company with ambitions to grow and expand, it can be a headache to work out how to deal with the number of shipments required to fulfil customers needs. If viable, larger companies have the opportunity to grow their in-house shipping team, but smaller businesses may be left unable to fund…

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is a 3PL? A 3PL – short for third-party logistics – are used within the logistics and supply-chain industry to outsource either part or all of a business’ distribution services. These can include: Dedicated transportation contracting Transportation procurement Inventory management Logistics management and consulting Freight audit and consulting Shipment tracking and tracing Reverse logistics…

Reading Time: 3 minutes 8 Supply Chain technology trends for 2021 The Supply Chain industry is constantly evolving, at a quicker rate than expected. With the introduction of trends such as ‘Blockchain’, ‘Big Data’ and ‘Internet of Things’, we can expect to see an influx of new trends during 2021. We’ve identified the top 8 supply chain technology trends…