Logistics Network Design

Designing the right Logistics network to deliver your customer objectives

Logistics Network Design

In a complex and ever changing world, getting the right logistics network can seem challenging and daunting. ASCALi works with clients to ensure that they create the right logistics network that delivers efficiency for current operations and the flexibility you need to meet changes in the future.

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Distribution Centre Network Design

Getting the right network structure to service your customers.

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How many distribution centres do we need? Where should they be? How big should they be? What shall each do?

These are the kinds of questions our logistics experts can help you answer.

Planning out an effective Logistics network solution is critical to the future development of your product offer as you grow and change.

We can help you build the picture of what is needed to make your overall solution work for you. Our Logistics Consultants are highly experienced at scoping, defining and designing great logistics networks. We use a very clear and robust methodology to ensure that all the necessary opportunities and constraints are factored into our thinking so you get a solution design that is practical, cost effective and works for your organisation.

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Route to Market, Product and Channel Strategy

Supplying your customers through the right channels at the right time and right cost.

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Using your delivery network to maximise customer advantage means understanding the behaviours of your market, your customers and your products.

Our team can help you understand and categorise each of those functions of your supply chain to help you optimise which products you service through which channels to which customers.

Our role in the process is to help you develop a strategy that maximises your customer engagement and service capability, whilst keeping a tight grip on cost, ensuring that you have the requisite products available and on hand for quick delivery.

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Network Control Tower Solutions

Optimising multi-site transport solutions.

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Transport networks can be extremely complex, with a number of moving parts.

We help our clients to develop Control Tower solutions that help bring control and clarity to their network solutions.

Knowing precisely the plan and objectives for your fleet movements can help operators to quickly and efficiently react to changing circumstances. This helps drive flexibility and sustainability into transport solutions, whether in-house or contractor operated.

From basic management oversight solutions to the implementation of complex Transport Management Solutions (TMS) our Transport Focused specialists can help you achieve your logistics goals, to cut costs, improve environmental performance and improve service.​

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Logistics Network Design Case Study

Re-Designing a National Logistics Network

In the case study the ASCALi consultants delivered Logistics Network Design Consultancy for a national business with over 30 Distribution Centres, making thousands of deliveries daily. Our team analysed the trade-offs between transport and warehousing costs, evaluated the impact on inventory and customer service and identified an efficient solution to support the next decade of this business’ development.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you tell us how many distribution centres we need?
Yes, we can help multi-site and even multi-national organisations develop the optimum number of distribution centres and types of operation to best meet your business needs. Dependent upon your customer service objectives and cost aspirations. We can help you ensure that you have the right facilities to position your business to deliver both now and in future to your customer requirements.
Can you help us identify the logistics network we need to support our international business?
Yes we can develop an initial strategic network plan and follow this up with detailed practical solution definition to ensure your international distribution centre network is optimised for your business so that you minimise cost and maximise service.
What is the right number of distribution centres?
This really depends on your product and customer mix. We can help you analyse this to establsih what the right mix of solutions you require should be.
Can you help us identify where our distribution centres should be?
Yes we have a range of techniques that we apply to defining the right distibutio centre location for you, from Strategic Heuristic modelling, to practical final-mile based delivery optimisation planning to ensure you make the right choice to locate your distribution centres for current and future demand.