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Our People
The strength of any consultancy company can only be judged by the quality of its personnel. Of course one should also take into account the depth of support and resources upon which they can call; but their skills, experience and authority will be key to the success of your project.
Our consultants’ professionalism is grounded in practical experience gained in both commercial and operational roles encompassing a wide diversity of industry sectors.
Through a unique combination of technical logistics skills and specialist expertise in the core disciplines of business, Davies & Robson is able to provide comprehensive strategic and operational support. At all times our aim is to deliver practical and realisable solutions, based on individual requirements rather than pre-set formulas.
Directors
Brian Templar – Chairman
A senior practitioner in strategy development and supply chain management, Brian has advised and supported companies such as Barclays, Eat Café, Macphie, Tragus, Wavin, Hyundai, Toyota, Apple Computers, The Highways Agency, IKO, Roche Pharmaceuticals, The MOD, and Sara Lee. His experience has included the development of a wide range of logistics services working at a senior level within Lex, Federal Express, DHL Exel, Christian Salvesen and Iveco Ford. He has extensive experience in outsourcing and in implementing and managing logistics operations for a number of “blue chip” companies within a wide variety of industries.
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Roger Trigell - Director
As a specialist in risk, distribution strategy and the application of information technology Roger has advised and supported companies such as Antalis, Accantia (Health & Beauty), Apple, Barclays, Fowler Welch Coolchain, Daifuku, Disney, GAC Benair, Government Car Service, H&B Foods, jet2.com, Macphie, McDonalds, S C Johnson and Yoplait. Roger is a practical and dynamic logistics and information technology professional with a career's experience in senior logistics and IT positions. He has extensive experience in strategic studies, risk management, the practical application of IT, model formulation, including optimising techniques, the complexities of which his first class honours degree in Mathematics enables him to understand.
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Nick Weetman - Director
Nick has been a Director at Davies & Robson since 2005 and consulting since 2000. Prior to that he worked in logistics for 3663, Iceland and Tesco. At D&R Nick works on projects covering all aspects of the supply chain, from Strategy, through to Warehousing, Transport and Inventory Management. Recent clients for whom Nick has managed consultancy projects include: Coors Brewers, Tate & Lyle, ghd, Norbert Dentressangle, AstraZeneca and The Ordnance Survey.
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Consultants
Nigel Bailey
Nigel is a logistics consultant with many years’ experience in logistics, materials handling, industrial engineering and project management. He has worked in a variety of warehouse and distribution environments including temperature controlled and composite DCs, and has also carried out and supervised projects for major manufacturers within the food industry. He has audited and set up production lines, warehouse operations, performance reporting procedures and labour resource planning systems. Within his current role, Nigel has provided support to Ordnance Survey, Maersk Logistics, Ping Pong, Rectella and Graham & Brown.
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John Cashmore
John heads up our interim management and recruitment businesses. He has experience of recruiting at all management levels across the breadth of the supply chain: Covering warehousing and distribution, inventory and demand management and procurement. With over 10 years’ in supply chain recruitment his assignments have ranged from recruiting a trouble shooting team into a distribution operation to recruiting procurement directors for leading FTSE companies. His sector experience includes 3PLs, retailers, airlines and manufacturers such as Aggreko, B&Q, The Carphone Warehouse, Compass Group, easyJet, Maersk, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
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John Griffiths
John has held many senior roles in the 3PL logistics industry. These have included Board level positions with multinational providers where he has significantly improved operations and financial results accordingly. He is experienced in the consolidation of operations across the UK and mainland Europe and with Mergers and Acquisitions. Latterly his experience has included working in Asia on strategy and distribution network business models. As a result of his experience of multiple roles in many countries he is able to offer a range of assistance to clients from local to international dimension. Companies he has recently worked with include DuPont, General Motors, Marks & Spencer, Tianjin Datian W Group and Bacardi Martini Limited.
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Andrea Harris
A Lean specialist with end to end supply chain experience, Andrea has a proven record in the application of Lean methodologies offering practical, sustainable cost saving improvements. She works with clients to identify and eliminate non-value add activity, providing management and operational staff with the tools and skills necessary for the business to sustain more efficient operations and implement ongoing improvements.
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Tom Holland
A senior logistics planning professional with significant design, operational and project management experience. Tom has a proven record in warehouse and distribution modelling, supply chain benchmarking and management of tendering processes. He has supported a wide variety of companies, including Tate & Lyle, Cancer Research UK, NAAFI, NHS Logistics Authority, Samsung, NYK Logistics, Weetabix, Culina Logistics, Marley Building Materials and Centura Foods.
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Paul Jackson
As a specialist in the use of vehicle scheduling, information technology and operational research, Paul has provided advice and support to companies such as Coors Brewers, Antalis, Culina Logistics, Norbert Dentressangle, Food Partners, Jet2.com, Department for Transport and The Scottish Executive. He has widespread experience in the use of scheduling software, computer modelling and data analysis techniques; whilst his project management and industry experience enables him to work effectively at all levels within an organisation, ensuring the solutions provided always meet the clients’ needs.
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Peter Morris
As a specialist in the field of global freight management, distribution, supply chain logistics and market research Peter has advised and supported companies such as Coors Brewers, Tate & Lyle, De la Rue, DHL, GHD, Kesterport, Harrod and Wavin. He is an experienced, dedicated and determined professional with a proven track record of consultancy and management covering the whole spectrum of Global Freight Management and Logistics.
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Andy Smith
A senior logistics professional with significant experience in strategy development, transport network modelling, warehousing solutions and market research across a wide range of market sectors including retail, food and non food manufacturing, petroleum, chemicals, bulk food, defence and home delivery. Andy has advised and supported companies such as Homebase, Halfords, Next, Milklink, IKO, Food Partners and various 3rd party logistics operations.
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