Beyond OTIF: What Real Collaboration Looks Like in UK Grocery
Collaboration is one of the most talked-about themes in the UK grocery supply chain, but what does it look like in practice?
By Jonathan Kittow on 25/02/26 10:00 in Customer Supply Group, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Collaboration
Collaboration is one of the most talked-about themes in the UK grocery supply chain, but what does it look like in practice?
By Jonathan Kittow on 24/10/23 09:30 in Customer Supply Group, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Collaboration
At our Customer Supply Group Meeting, we discussed how companies were reacting to their Advantage Survey Report feedback, exploring those elements which companies found hardest to influence and the strategies employed to improve their customer...
By Jonathan Kittow on 18/07/23 10:17 in Customer Supply Group, Supply Chain Insights, Supply Chain Collaboration
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, for many suppliers it feels like they’re re-starting their collaboration journey. Against a backdrop of CPI increases, retailer system changes and leaner supply chain teams, collaboration appears harder than...
By Jonathan Kittow on 09/04/21 12:41 in Performance Improvement, Customer Supply Group
By Jonathan Kittow on 20/02/20 14:49 in Customer Supply Group, Logistics
With plenty to build upon from last year, February’s Customer Supply Group meeting got off to a positive start with both old and new members fully engaged with key projects running for 2020. Thank you to @molsoncoors for hosting our first meeting...
By Jonathan Kittow on 28/01/19 15:59 in Customer Supply Group
With Brexit uncertainties at an all-time high, it’s not surprising that the focus of the regular Customer Supply Group forum was on how well prepared companies are for Brexit. Following on from our previous blog post: How Your Peers and Competitors...
By Jonathan Kittow on 11/01/19 10:39 in Customer Supply Group
Gaps, Uncertainties and Plans; with the likelihood of a Hard Brexit increasing as a possibility, we have no other option than to prepare for the implications on supply chains.
Issues such as: increased requirements for customs declarations and the...
By Jonathan Kittow on 30/10/18 11:00 in Drop and Drive Supply Group, Customer Supply Group
Letter to The Grocer, October 2018
Dear Sir
As reported last week in The Grocer ‘Women in Agribusiness Award’ the USA appear to have recognised Christine Tacon, The Grocery Code Adjudicator’s, impact on the UK Grocery retailers more fully than some...