Any company with underutilised warehouse space is ignoring a potentially significant, effort-free, revenue stream. Here’s why. By Clare Snaith, Head of Business Development at Bis Henderson Space It’s an acknowledged truth that the United Kingdom is ‘under-warehoused’. And the supply pipeline of new units is significantly constricted. According to the …
Read More »Delivering on The ‘Last Mile’ Challenge
By Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting Faced with mounting challenges on urban congestion, cost pressures and environmental concerns – how should businesses adapt their delivery models to meet rocketing ecommerce order volumes? By Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting Ecommerce has …
Read More »Countering The Unknown
Supply chain resilience demands flexible space strategies by Steve Purvis, Operations Director at Bis Henderson Space In normal times, manufacturers and retailers would now be setting up the supply, warehousing and transport contracts to ensure the resilience of their supply and distribution chains against a series of ‘known unknowns’. A …
Read More »The Five-Point Route-Map to effective warehouse automation
By Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting Retail warehousing operations have performed heroically during the pandemic crisis, and we have seen, and helped, our clients find swift, creative and sometimes rather brave solutions to the issues that COVID 19 has raised. Our recent White Paper on …
Read More »Bis Henderson Consulting appoints senior retail strategy specialist, Louisa Hosegood
Bis Henderson Consulting, the specialist supply chain and logistics consultancy within the Bis Henderson Group, has appointed senior retail and ecommerce strategist Louisa Hosegood FCMA as Digital and Strategy Director. With 18 years’ experience in retail and ecommerce, fulfilling senior supply chain leadership roles at some of the UK’s largest …
Read More »Five critical factors in recruiting for an agile supply chain by Andy Kaye, CEO, Bis Henderson Group
Much of a retail business’ ability to remain competitive and relevant to a market depends upon the readiness of its supply chain to react and adapt swiftly to change. Smart technology and flexible processes may go some way to facilitate this, but organisational agility is heavily reliant upon people and …
Read More »Bis Henderson Academy helps NFT take early advantage of Apprenticeship Levy
Bis Henderson Academy has completed the first phase of a major initiative to help leading chilled foods logistics services provider, NFT, take early advantage of the government’s Apprenticeship Levy. After conducting an in-depth analysis of NFT’s skills needs, Bis Henderson Academy has engaged in a learning and development programme for …
Read More »Getting to grips with the human aspects of automated eFulfilment
The nature of order fulfilment in ecommerce is changing radically, and with it, the demands placed upon the human resources needed to manage and support it. With leading online brands looking to further upscale their operations for picking single items, conventional methods are starting to show the strain. In the …
Read More »Space: the final frontier for same-day delivery by Steve Purvis, Operations Director at Bis Henderson Space
Bis Henderson Space – As consumers, we all have a desire to receive our online purchase as quickly as possible. Essentially, we want it ‘now!’ Next-day delivery is no longer seen as fast enough and, for retailers, those who offer a same-day service are increasingly winning competitive advantage. Research carried …
Read More »Bis Henderson Consulting expands with senior appointments
Bis Henderson Consulting, the specialist supply chain and logistics consultancy within the Bis Henderson Group, has made a series of appointments, reflecting the business’ commitment to global expansion. Mark Monger FCILT joins as Senior Consultant, with 27 years’ experience in the supply chain sector, having held high-level positions within DHL’s …
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