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

GlobalTranz

Carriers in the trucking industry and also shippers today are actively looking for ways to combat the rising costs of operating their businesses, but they often do not fully understand proper benchmarking, transportation cost analysis, and profit management are intertwined. Outbound freight costs as percentage of net sales. On-time pickups.

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Packaging Firm Targets Massive Cut in Plastics Usage

Logistics Business Magazine

UK based company Kite Packaging has launched its sustainable future plastics initiative to reduce plastic levels with the unveiling of its new mobile packaging test facility and the release of a white paper. For further information on how to reduce your plastics use, please view our white paper (kitepackaging.co.uk/images/pdf/plastic-white-paper.pdf).

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Research identifies warehouse worker shortage

Logistics Business Magazine

The continued e-commerce boom, and a reduction in EU labour availability, has left many firms struggling to find enough warehouse operatives to meet high customer demand – but analysis by Mintsoft shows that some regions are faring worse than others.

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7 Freight broker sales tips for setting the hook with prospects

FreightWaves SONAR

Or it could be a conference presentation or webinar your prospect just delivered. . Download the White Paper. #4: 5: Conferences . With the rise of virtual conferences, this hook technique has become even more powerful. It could be relevant industry news, like a recent merger or acquisition. 4: Industry news.

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Can Advanced Analytics Put a Pin in OTIF?

Blue Grace Logistics

Analytics turns this vast amount of information into insight, according to the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University and Penske Logistics presented at the CSCMP Edge conference in Anaheim, California. You can also speak with one of our experts by calling us at 800.MY.SHIPPING

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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations ? is it time for a new ?national support agenda??

Logistics in War

This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement.

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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

Infosys Supply Chain Management

White Papers. |. They expand into an analysis of revenue-accruing & cost-optimizing functions, and result in the identification of capabilities that the organization aspires to develop or enhance. Islamic Banking. Mobile Banking. Payments Treasury. Wealth Management. View all Infosys blogs. Supply Chain Management.