Alan Braithwaite
Articles posted by Alan Braithwaite
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LCP Insights: 4 Scenarios for achieving competitive disruptor status
Our research has identified four core scenarios through which companies achieve super-performance and hence disrupt and dominate their markets. Companies can: • Redefine market channels • Leverage Technology • Master the basics • Optimise operations. There are frequent examples in every scenario that engage several pillars in the Business Operations Model* framework, but never all of them in any one case.
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New Models for City Logistics
LCP worked in a consortium with the Transport Systems Catapult and MDS Transmodal to complete a proof of concept study funded by Innovate UK in 2014 to establish a high level proof of concept for Urban Logistics Centres based on scenarios for Greater Manchester. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) was involved in the work.
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LCP Viewpoint: Supreme Court sets logistics time bomb
A UK Supreme Court’s judgement this month has attracted only limited public attention, yet its implications for freight and logistics may be nuclear in their impact. The case related to the EU Air Quality directive which has been consistently breached by the UK in 40 of the 43 zones since 2010; Client Earth challenged the Secretary of State over this failure all the way to the Supreme Court and won. The directive requires that the government brings forward a plan, if it is unable to meet the emissions commitment, demonstrating how it would go about rectifying the failure in a reasonable period of time. Wading through the legal mumbo-jumbo, the court found that there is no plan; it also found that the government, in contesting the case, was incorrect to rely on clauses in the directive for its failure to act. Perhaps inevitably, it has been referred back to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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LCP In-depth: What does it take to be a disruptor: Using operations to build successful business models for competitive disruption
The idea of business success being built on strategies to disrupt markets and competitors is current. Disruptors grow rapidly at the expense of their competitors, grow new markets and deliver exceptional shareholder value. Examples of disruptors abound from Apple and Amazon to Southwest Airlines and Zara / Inditex. The cornerstone to being a disruptor is giving exceptional value to customers. This value comprises the best combined cost and experience of ownership to customers, including elements such as the brand and product experience, customer service, the status conferred by a brand on the consumer etc.) - all of which influence the buying decision.
