Supply Chain Automation Isn’t the Future. It’s Now!
Supply chain automation is no longer a cutting edge concept. Today it is considered a best practice. If you’ve spent any time around the supply...Continue reading→
Retained Search: A Modest Investment to Avoid a Costly Leadership Mistake
Choosing a Retained Search partner is the most effective way to protect your organization when a senior supply chain role opens up and the pressure...Continue reading→
Retained Search Firms are Crucial to Filling Supply Chain Positions
Effective retained search firms have expanded beyond talent intermediation into organizational readiness advisory. As automation reshapes global supply chains, companies are discovering that the technology...Continue reading→
An Interim Leader Can Stabilize Operations During Transition
The right interim leader is someone who knows how to read a complex operation quickly, earn a team’s trust without overstepping, and communicate honestly. When...Continue reading→
Distribution Network Redesign – How Long Does It Take
Let’s take a grounded look at what actually drives network redesign implementation timelines and what a realistic range looks like for different types of network...Continue reading→
Deciding Between a 3PL or Your Own Distribution Center
Network design conversations often start with an assumption baked in: the answer will involve a company-operated facility. A lease gets signed, a building gets fitted...Continue reading→
How Customer Growth Changes Your CoG (Center of Gravity)
A CoG or center of gravity study gives you the most defensible answer available to one of the most consequential questions in supply chain design:...Continue reading→
Distribution Network Rationalization After an Acquisition
Acquisitions move fast. Network rationalization rarely does, and that gap is where costs quietly pile up. When a deal closes, the focus naturally shifts to...Continue reading→
OPSdesign Consulting® Utilizes Optilogic to Expand AI-Driven Supply Chain Design Capabilities
OPSdesign Consulting® is expanding its ability to deliver faster, more flexible, and more resilient supply chain design for clients. OPSdesign Consulting® is excited to extend...Continue reading→
Warehouse Leasing or Buying or Building: Making DC Real Estate Decisions
At some point you will face 3 options: warehouse leasing vs. building vs. buying. Every growing company faces a version of the same question: what...Continue reading→
How DC Location Impacts Throughput, Labor, and Customer Service
You can tell a lot about a distribution network just by where its buildings sit on the map. The DC location has this quiet but...Continue reading→
Signs Your Distribution Center Has Outgrown Its Design
A distribution center never waves a big red flag when it reaches its limit. It’s quieter than that. It begins with a little friction here,...Continue reading→
Engaging an Independent Supply Chain Consultant: What to Expect.
Engaging an independent supply chain consultant can feel like a big step, especially if your organization has never worked with one before or has only...Continue reading→
Why Long Warehouse Training Sessions Fail
Let’s look at why long warehouse training sessions fail on the warehouse floor, and how micro‑learning fixes it. Anyone who has ever worked a warehouse...Continue reading→
When A Warehouse Workaround Becomes Permanent
Every warehouse has that one workaround everyone swears they’ll only use “just for today.” It usually starts with something small, like a scanner that freezes...Continue reading→
Labor-Centric Warehouse Design (Reality vs Assumptions)
Labor-centric warehouse design means rethinking warehouses as environments that absorb human variability instead of being disrupted by it. Traditional warehouse design often starts with equipment,...Continue reading→
Involution: Its Meaning and Impact on the Chinese Economy
China is suffering from involution, a phenomenon that increases the risk of sudden supplier exits or consolidation. In today’s globally interconnected economic environment, terms that...Continue reading→
Cheap Warehouse Projects: Don’t value-engineer quality out of the project
Everyone loves cheap warehouse projects on paper. Anyone who has ever worked through a warehouse build or redesign knows the dance. Leadership wants speed. Procurement...Continue reading→
How Distribution Networks Age & What It Means for Performance
Distribution networks age age because the business evolves. That’s not a failure. That’s a sign of growth. There’s a moment in every distribution network’s life...Continue reading→
Designing Tariff Proof Supply Chains
A tariff-proof supply chain is not magical or immune. It is simply designed to stay competitive even when the rules change mid-game. It absorbs shocks...Continue reading→
Developing an AI Enhanced Inventory Strategy
Developing an AI Enhanced Inventory strategy isn’t just about adding flashy new systems. Inventory is always a balancing act. Too much wastes space and money,...Continue reading→
Warehouse Ergonomics Program Design
Designing a warehouse ergonomics that goes beyond workstations isn’t really about complexity—it’s about honesty. There’s a moment in every busy warehouse when you realize the...Continue reading→
Pick‑Path Graph Optimization: Cutting Travel With Network‑Style Layout Thinking
Graph optimization is a useful tool in reducing warehouse travel time as warehouse travel time is the silent killer of productivity. Every extra step between...Continue reading→
OPSdesign Consulting Welcomes James (Jim) Morgan as Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
OPSdesign Consulting is proud to announce the addition of James (Jim) Morgan as Chief Experience Officer (CXO), a newly created role designed to elevate the...Continue reading→
