Logistics and Transportation
Organisation Design for Logistics and Transportation
Structure, reporting lines and who is allowed to decide what.
What this looks like in logistics and transportation
The parts of organisation design that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Hub, Fleet and Warehouse Structure
Who supervises a workforce that is spread out.
What this coversHide
Hub, Fleet and Warehouse Structure
Who supervises a workforce that is spread out.
What this coversHideOperations
- Drivers
- Loaders
- Delivery Executives
- Warehouse Operatives
- Pickers and Packers
- Forklift Operators
- Hub Supervisors
- Fleet Supervisors
Support
- Operations Managers
- Transport Planning
- Maintenance
- Stores
- Safety
- Customer Service
- HR
- Finance
- Admin
- Organisation structure
- Hub and branch structure
- Supervisor authority
- Reporting lines
- Approval matrix
- Staffing norms by hub
The general method — what organisation design covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the organisation design page. What is above is the part that differs for logistics and transportation.
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
See all HR topics for logistics and transportation, or another industry.