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Cost-To-Serve Analysis Should be Core Planning Tool

Logistics Business Magazine

A new white paper from a supply chain consultancy suggests retailers are too fragmented in their approach to determining their Costs-To-Serve (CTS) and should instead adopt CTS analysis as a core, business-critical initiative for informing future decisions and direction. “In CLICK HERE to download the full white paper.

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Navigating Market Uncertainty with Sarah Bertram

The Logistics of Logistics

Sarah is a Shipper Sales Manager at DAT , an online marketplace that connects shippers and carriers in the transportation industry. She brings almost 20 years of supply chain and benchmarking experience to DAT, where she is focused on providing actionable insights to shippers through DAT’s Benchmark Analytics and Rateview benchmarking tools.

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What data is available to track intermodal freight shipping rates

FreightWaves SONAR

Today’s shipping and transportation industry has changed in several ways, even over just the last few years. One of the most popular tools that drives the supply chain to new heights is the process of intermodal freight shipping. Data accuracy can and does impact freight transportation in a significant way.

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Dos and Don’ts of Transportation Management

CLX Logistics

Proper transportation management can help you mitigate risk, better control shipping speed, increase efficiency and adaptability, and lower costs. Do: Use a Good Transportation Management System. Transportation management systems have quickly become a necessity in the logistics industry, but not all TMS products are the same.

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Why Benchmarking Alone Isn’t Enough for Proper Transportation Cost Analysis

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This post is a slightly modified guest post from Ahern & Associates , a transportation management consultancy. Benchmarking as a Hard Rule within Transportation Cost Analysis Can Be Damaging. And more… for a full list, see our White Paper on Transportation Metrics. Specialized – $1.73

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What is Transportation Management Software?

Trinity Logistics

The term TMS is short for Transportation Management System. This technology allows companies to manage their transportation in one place. Transportation Management software offers you a way to view insightful data, gain visibility, and better manage all the moving parts in the shipping process. How much visibility do you have?into?your

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Amway cuts costs with transportation procurement tool

Transporeon

In the case of an Amway multivitamin, for example, the company controls the process “from seed to supplement,” transporting raw materials to manufacturing sites in the U.S., China, India and Vietnam, and then shipping finished products on to distributors and consumers, utilizing a network of hundreds of distribution centers around the world.