Phil Streatfield

Position: Partner

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Phil is a Partner at LCP Consulting. He is a commercially-oriented supply chain professional with many years’ experience of improving supply chain performance within multiple industries. His passion is to drive costs down, drive customer service levels up and cash in. He has worked in retail, FMCG, wholesale and pharmaceuticals businesses.

Phil joined LCP in 2012 where he is responsible for the growth of the business operations and management strategy capability. He brings a wealth of retail expertise to the business – focusing on a range of initiatives which drive excellence for LCP’s clients in this category.

Phil has over a decade of board-level experience with accountability for supply chain strategy development and implementation. He has delivered sustainable breakthrough performance improvements in complex global and European supply chains. His functional experience spans manufacturing, procurement, merchandising, all elements of logistics and IT plus the management of transformational organisational change.

A recognised industry thought leader, Phil is a visiting fellow at Cranfield University and a CILT and CIPS fellow. He is a published author, a frequent speaker at industry events and a regular judge of Retail Week’s Supply Chain awards.

Articles posted by Phil Streatfield

LCP Quick Guide: Returns - a fact of life...making it easier in an Omni-channel world

An LCP Quick Guide to managing returns in an omni-channel, international world: How can retailers avoid the costs of mounting returns? Returns are now a fact of life in doing business in retail. Research from e-Commerce technology provider MetaPack found that 83% of consumers would stay loyal if a retailer could provide a reliable and effective returns service. Depending upon the category involved returns rates can vary from less than 10% to over 35%.

Friday 26 June 2015

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LCP Quick Guide: Planning for Peaks

LCP’s Stuart Higgins & Phil Streatfield advise the industry on ways to improve preparation for this year’s big sales periods and make them more profitable.

Wednesday 17 June 2015

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LCP Just saying... In-car delivery: Real innovation or fad?

Innovative solutions for some of the problems the retail sector faces - such as failed delivery rates are essential. We know that customers are looking for more flexibility and certainty regarding fulfilment of their online orders; LCP's own research predicts that click-and-collect will become the number one requested fulfilment option.

Thursday 28 May 2015

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LCP View Point: Happy 20th Birthday Amazon...

On the 20th birthday of Amazon, Phil Streatfield looks back at its biggest positive and negative impact on retail industry in past 20 years, the effect is has it had on supply chain and consumer expectancy in terms of delivery, and whether Amazon will continue to define ecommerce.

Friday 10 July 2015

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