Alba Blog

• Implementing and Sustaining Change in Warehouse Operations

  October 6th, 2009

  To be successful with any change initiative - such as a warehouse reconfiguration, a change in processes or in ways of working - getting the direct input of the warehouse team to your work at all stages is of paramount importance. These are the people who will be most affected by the change and involving them early and at all stages enables them to:

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• SME Vulnerability in the Supply Chain

  September 13th, 2009

  Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), businesses with less than 500 employees, face a special set of challenges by virtue of the position of relative weakness they occupy within supply chains.

  This vulnerability comes about either by dint of the fact that SMEs find themselves as suppliers to dominant lead companies such as large retail chains and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), or by dint of the fact that they are in competition with such lead companies.

  Consequently, an issue of premier importance to SMEs is the management of the relationships that they maintain with these customers. These relationships are pivotal to the ability of SMEs to maintain their supplier status.

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• Dubai Workshop 19/20 Oct. 2009: Fundamentals of Best-in-Class Warehousing

  September 7th, 2009

  The Story of Warehousing

  From its origins in the days of ancient Egypt and Babylonia through to our own times, the story of warehousing has been an unending adventure. From ancient granary store to lynchpin of today’s global supply chains, the modern warehouse has become a sophisticated, high-tech work centre and a cornerstone of competitive advantage.

  Today, the rate of change in the practice of warehousing is accelerating and the gap between the best performers and the rest is widening. This is because these best performers realise that the latest technologies and best practices can make major contributions to profitability, market share and environmental responsibility.

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