Logistics Bureau
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Have you conducted a cost-to-serve (CTS) analysis for your enterprise? And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis. If you were going to say, “What is a cost-to-serve analysis?” Only a complete cost-to-serve analysis will expose these underlying issues unless they happen to be discovered incidentally.
Logistics Bureau
MAY 31, 2021
Detailed cost-to-serve analysis can be complex and time-consuming, so it’s a good idea to break the task down by priority and target specific areas on which to concentrate. You will probably find, from your initial analysis, that your cost-to-serve follows the 80/20 rule. Which process steps cost the most, and the least, to complete?
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Logistics Bureau
JULY 18, 2022
As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. Another thing we talk about quite often on our blog is how companies often misjudge the needs and preferences of their customers. Step 1: What do Your Customers Want?
Logistics Bureau
AUGUST 2, 2021
On this blog and the one published by our sister company Logistics Bureau, we often receive questions relating to metrics suitable for monitoring procurement performance. In procurement, cost analysis is not just about the price of your company’s purchases. 7 Procurement KPIs You Should be Using.
3PL Links
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
In addition to making data analysis more difficult, using parallel platforms—which are not approved by the company’s IT department—leaves data entirely vulnerable to cybercriminals. As a result, you must exercise extreme caution when selecting each partner, making sure they have sufficient security procedures and resources in place.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JANUARY 19, 2022
To assist with the short-term solution, the answer is an extensive data-gathering exercise. You can see critical stats such as outstanding customer accounts as well as an age analysis of those accounts and interpret the data in a meaningful way. Use data to improve operations.
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. SKU and Slot Dimensions.
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