Turvo

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In such tricky times, exercising forward-thinking and planning shipments in advance can help businesses take advantage of the holiday season. The terminal, a critical operating point of the world’s third busiest container port, was shut for about two weeks since August 11 after a dock worker was tested positive for Covid-19.

Freight 85

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 26, 2018

As the VP of Sales for a large national truckload carrier recently told me, “Today, our negotiation strategy is indifference. After you’ve narrowed down your list to a few finalists, test them and see how they perform. Article Topics. In this market, your carriers know that they don’t have to “negotiate” with you. Want proof?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

Improved ability to predict and manage trends: After you’ve spent a while working with freight benchmarks, you’ll get a feel for the directions of seasonal rate fluctuations and other pricing trends. As a result, you will be able to set target rates for vendors and ensure you don’t pay more than is reasonable for shipments along a given lane.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities.

Production 92

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

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. Any company wishing to leverage its supply chain as a service differentiator can learn many lessons from Zappos.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

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. Any company wishing to leverage its supply chain as a service differentiator can learn many lessons from Zappos.

Supply Chain Design Software 118

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 118

Logistics Marketing Advisors

JUNE 20, 2018

However, a bigger headache is created when people take exception to the way you communicate with them and start exercising their privacy rights. Per GDPR, you need to let people know the 7 pieces of information covered in this article. This is, after all, a law agreed upon by the European Parliament and Council. But be careful.

Procurement Solutions 40

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 4, 2021

And some capacity was expected to leave the market after a really tough 2019 for carriers. One data point shows inventories declined 9% year-over-year while sales increased 9%. As we entered the year, it was supposed to be a year of modest growth. Most market analysts were calling for rates and volumes to go up slightly.

Freight 52

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. Let’s begin with a look at why, in general, retailers with multiple sales channels are more likely to experience difficulties in reducing cost-to-serve.

Cost Reduction 117

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. Ideally, though, evaluating your position against competitors should not solely be a KPI benchmarking exercise. Lean supply chain practices.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

After all, they want to make their money back as quickly as possible and then sit back as the profits from sales roll in. In other words, investors like to see a business’ sales revenue grow faster than its costs. How economies of scale affect that balancing act is the subject of this article. Inside and outside.

Purchasing Skills 28

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

You then set a sales price for that product. Your sales price minus your production cost is your overall profit or margin; at least, before allowing for further expenses. Sales organisation costs. A knee-jerk reaction to a loss-making sale might be to stop selling that way. Efficient order terms. Marketing costs.

Purchasing Skills 88

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

D’Angelo also pointed to autonomous vehicles and drones, and the model for vehicle production and sales that Tesla heralded. This is something Anu Goel, executive vice-president, group after sales & services at VW Group of America, also picked up on, stating that vehicles getting bigger meant fewer being shipped per rail wagon or truck.

Supply Chain Planning Software 39

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Retail activity is extremely seasonal, with the majority of sales occurring between March and July. However, the company needed to reduce supply chain expenditure significantly after bringing its low-cost “Atom” chip to market. As in most commercial sectors at that time, sales were falling.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Get Your Exercise In Early. Working out first thing in the morning may not sound like music to your ears; after all, you do have to wake up even earlier than intended to make time for the gym. Endorphins are released into your bloodstream during periods of exercise, giving you more energy throughout the day.

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