Did you know the average distribution centre in Canada is 145,000 square feet in size?
That’s just one of the fascinating facts learned yesterday at the launch of MM&D magazine’s first DC Cost Benchmarking Study. The study was presented to a rapt audience at day two of the SCL Canada annual conference in Mississauga by publisher and editor-in-chief Emily Atkins and a panel of supply chain experts, Jane Henderson of RBC, Dave Wood of Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee and Aaron Lalvani of Lalvani Logistics Inc.
MM&D and it’s sponsoring partner, RBC Royal Bank, conducted the study to benchmark DC costs in Canada.
The research covers areas such as DC budget allocations, third-party versus in-house DCs, what managers are doing to cut costs, and what they see as their biggest challenges.
Highlights of the all-Canadian findings include:
- DC managers were found to be most concerned about space issues;
- 92 percent have taken actions in the past year to cut their costs;
- 81 percent of warehousing is conducted in-house as opposed to by a third party;
- The average DC budget is $3.97 million.
For the full report and many more details, watch for the feature in the May-June issue of MM&D, and on this website, in early June.
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