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3 Tax Area Questions to Ask Yourself Often Overlooked by Shippers & Transportation Providers (and all Business Owners)

GlobalTranz

In more than 25 years of private practice and consulting with businesses of all sizes, I’ve learned that one of the most beneficial exercises is asking the right questions. Minimizing Business Mistakes is All About Asking the Right Questions. Running a business effectively and seeing it grow (or shrink), can be a time-consuming process.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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11 Golden Rules for Meaningful Supply Chain KPIs

Logistics Bureau

Of course, contacting the customers is the right thing to do, but when it is the shipper and not the customer, who initiates a change in the delivery schedule, there is no way it should be recorded as “on-time delivery.” Of course, some “standard” KPIs might fit flawlessly. Golden Rule #8: A Meaningful KPI Has an Owner.

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For Your Supply Chain KPIs to be Meaningful, Apply Some Golden Rules

Logistics Bureau

Of course, contacting the customers is the right thing to do, but when it is the shipper, and not the customer, who initiates a change in the delivery schedule, there is no way it should be recorded as “on-time delivery”. In Rule # 5, I mentioned the need to tailor KPIs to specific stakeholder groups.

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

It can of course also be used to make an already profitable relationship even more profitable! By grouping a particular number of customers together, profitability can also be evaluated for a customer or market segment. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in August 2015. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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Russia’s low-cost influence strategy finds success in Serbia

247 Customs Broker

Flattering depictions of Russia are plentiful in Serbia’s raucous tabloids and on the airwaves, thanks to Serbian-language bulletins from Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency, which opened in Belgrade in 2015. But Brussels officials, watching Russian actions in Serbia with alarm, say the country’s Western course is hardly guaranteed.