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 new Premier League season, Black Friday/Cyber Monday, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter …Read more
Findings from a new white paper published by warehouse space strategists, Bis Henderson Space, suggest that logistics professionals will be seeking to create supply chains that are far more flexible, resilient and better suited to the ‘new reality’ that emerges from the Coronavirus crisis. The report, ‘Warehouse Space: A New Strategy For A New Reality’Read more
By Steve Purvis, Operations Director at Bis Henderson Space DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER AS A PDFIn the wake of the Coronavirus crisis, logistics professionals will be seeking to create supply chains that are far more flexible and resilient. Inevitably, a re-think on how much inventory is deployed across the network will be a major factor in reducingRead more
UKWA and Bis Henderson Space have teamed up to provide a collaborative cross industry solution to the impending Container Storage crisis the country is facing The team have concentrated on providing viable off-quay storage and handling solutions to provide a sensible alternative to the traditional port side storage operators. They are working to identify aRead more
We’re here to support logistics through uncertain times COVID_19 is causing real challenges to the UK supply chain and those involved in it. Here at Bis Henderson Space our duty of care extends to all stakeholders, be they employees, their families, our customers and our suppliers, so we are following government guidance. Bis Henderson SpaceRead more
The Brexit saga has focused attention on the shortage of warehousing in the UK. But is this simply an exceptional situation, or has Brexit revealed more systemic problems in UK warehousing provision? In late October 2019, Bis Henderson Space brought together a round table panel of eleven warehouse industry experts to discuss the topic inRead more
RENEWAL AND GROWTH THROUGH SKILL AND CAPABILITY IN RETAIL The Bis Henderson Group series of ebooks, produced in association with eDelivery, looks at the need for agility and flexibility at the heart of retail businesses and examines how retailers can best incorporate this within their supply chains to deliver the responsiveness needed The three chaptersRead more
With a no-deal Brexit looking increasingly likely, logistics managers in the grocery sector face some challenging times. A likely shortage of warehouse space is making the headlines, but there are other significant problems to be tackled too. The current landscape Ahead of the original March deadline, Ian Wright, chief executive of the Food and DrinkRead more
NEW Strategy InsightAs the deadline on Brexit moves back to Halloween, corporate attention turns to reassessing the balance of risk to supply chains – the levels of inventory needed to secure supply, the costs of extending contracts and the potential horrors of trying to find well-located warehouse space. Have the risks receded? Or has theRead more
