Press articles

LCP is an active contributor to news and debate about global supply chain issues. Here are our recently published press articles.

Beating snowfall - using supply chain principles to inform policy, Procurement Leaders, Dec 2011
Supply chain: Operations management, Business Excellence, October 2011
Action accelerates international growth with 3i, Acquisition International, August 2011
Chain reaction, CPO Agenda June 2011
Freight policy can't handle the load, June 2011
Logistik Express Magazin, April 2011
New vision required for UK freight transport, April 2011
Experts call for urgent rethink, April 2011
Transport reform is needed to let freight drive recovery, The Times, 1 April 2011
UK Freight Transport: setting a coherent strategy and direction for 2020 and beyond, March 2011
Winds of change, Offshore-technology, March 2011
Completing the supply chain story, Retail Week, 25 March 2011
The sustainable supply chain, Internet Retailing, March 2011
Working by numbers, Eureka, February 2011
8 ways to reduce supply chain risk, CIMA, February 2011
Riding the wave, Shipping and Marine, January 2011
The importance of cross-channel capabilities, Internet Retailing, November 2010
How to buy consultancy, Supply Management.com 15 November 2010
Suppliers feel pain of squeeze on profits, Financial Times, 7 November 2010
LCP makes key recommendations regarding "salt in the supply chain" Supply Chain Standard 25 October 2010
The future of freight will not be business as usual, Freight Business Journal October 2010
Capacity shortfalls threaten company results, Procurment Leaders, September 2010
Innovation in supply chains, CILT Focus, August 2010
Rediscovering innovation, Handling & Storage Solutions August 2010
Data inaccuracy costs retail £1.4bn, Logistics Manager, 30 June 2010
Lean & Six Sigma, The Times, June 2010
International Fulfilment, International Retailing, May 2010
European Supply Chain Manager, May 2010
The world of extreme supply chains, Energy Profile, May 2010
A determined team could have saved Woolies, Retail Week, May 2010
Volcano eruption continues to cause airline chaos, April 2010
Lean times at Toyota, Supply Chain Standard, April 2010
Mastering complexity, European Pharmaceutical Contractor, Spring 2010
The Six Sigma Remedy, March 2010
Achieving sustainable supply chain management, Warehouse & Logistics News, March 2010

Press articles overview

Procurement Leaders - Guest post by Alan Braithwaite looking at the work done with the UK government to avoid repeat of last year's fiasco when it snowed.

Business Excellence - Alan Braithwaite, Chairman of LCP Consulting, outlines what challenges he foresees within operations management for the coming decade.

Acquisition International - LCP's role in recent 3i acquisition

Chain reaction - quote from Alan Braithwaite in CPO Agenda article on how recent disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan have concentrated purchasers' minds on the resilience of their supply chains.

UK Freight Transport - There has been wide media coverage Following publication of LCP's White Paper, UK Freight Transport, setting a coherent strategy and direction for 2020 and beyond - Logistics Manager; International Freight Weekly Eye for Transport Public Servant Logistik Express World Net Logistics Road Transport

Transport reform is needed to let freight drive recover - article by Alan Braithwaite on freight transport as published in The Times

Winds of change - The remoteness of offshore projects makes transporting supplies an extremely challenging task. Ian McInnes picks the threads of a very complicated supply chain Offshore-technology

Completing the supply chain story - Achieve end to end view of the supply chain and it is possible to reap benefits across the business. Article from Retail Week which highlights the work done for Morrisons by LCP using it's Cost to Serve model.

The sustainable supply chain - Internet Retailing discoveres why educating consumers will hve a bigger impact on a product's carbon footprint with quotes from Alan Braithwaite

The sustainable supply chain - feature in Working by numbers - Article from Eureka on report by GS1, Cranfield and LCP Consulting on How effective is the use of data? Businesses could do much better according to a recent report and save a lot of money in the process.

8 ways to reduce supply chain risk - Alan Braithwaite contributes to CIMA Financial Management Magazine on their eight tips to reducing supply chain risk

Riding the wave - Alan Braithwaite looks at sustainability in shipping and the move from paradox to virtuous circle in the maritime management magazine, Shipping & Marine

The importance of cross-channel capabilities - Alan Braithwaite reports on the conclusions of a thesis study looking for best practices in multi-channel retailing, Internet Retailing

How to buy consultancy - advice from industry experts on challenge of bringing in professional services to the procurement sector Supply Management

Suppliers feel pain - article quoting Alan Braithwaite on the pressures facing suppliers to cut costs. Financial Times

Supply Chain Standard LCP carried out most of the analysis and modeling in the recently published "The Resilience of England's Transport System in Winter" report Supply Chain Standard

Freight Business Journal - only one thing can be said with certainty about the freight industry in years to come - it will look different from the present.

Is economic recovery being held back by capacity shortfalls in manufacturers' supply chains? Article from Procurement Leaders featuring input from Alan Braithwaite.

CILT Focus Dr Carlos Mena and Alan Braithwaite look at the importance of innovation in successful supply chains - see page 36 CILT Focus

Handling & Storage Solutions The third party logistics services sector is regularly criticised by its customers for a lack of innovation - Alan Braithwaite and Martin Fletcher ask what has happened to innovation in third party logistics

Logistics Manager - A new white paper co authored by Alan Braithwaite and Richard Wilding for joint publication with Zetes, estimates the data inaccuracy among the top five retailers and their suppliers is costing as much as £1.4 billion per year reports Logistics Manager Data inaccuracy

Mastering Complexity - Julian Mosquera explains how a broader approach to the application of Lean and Six Sigma principles is the way for businesses to achieve next level of cost and service improvement.

The Times - Julian Mosquera's views feature on page 11 in Lean & Six Sigma supplement from The Times

Internet Retailing -Alan Braithwaite and Martin Fletcher analyse distribution and fulfilment strategies for international retailing. Internet Retailing

European Supply Chain Manager - Martin Fletcher highlights that an integrated and agile supply chain has become a major component within the multi channel proposition.

Energy Profile - article on page 6 by Alan Braithwaite on suppy chain risks in the oil and gas industry.

Retail Week - letter from Alan Braithwaite as published in Letters to the Editor. Retail Week

Supply Chain Standard quotes Alan Braithwaite in article on the crisis at Toyota

The Guardian, The Telegraph, The BBC and Logistics Manager all carry Alan Braithwaite's warning that there will be product shortages and that the air freight sector will experience more losses. The Guardian The Daily Telegraph The BBC Logistics Manager

Pharmaceutical Technology - Alex Hawkes talkes to Julian Mosquera to find out what benefits Six Sigma and Lean bring to the pharmaceutical sector Pharmaceutical Technology

The Manufacturer - Freight Effiicient article looks at the various options for moving goods, with quotes from Alan Braithwaite The Manufacturer

Warehouse & Logistics News - Alan Braithwaite and Dan Knivett will address delegates at the Food & Logistics show on 21st March and explain what has shaped today's supply chains and discuss how companies can evaluate how to measure and improve the sustainability of their supply chains.

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