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Transportation cost analysis: Going beyond benchmarking for improved carrier pricing

FreightWaves SONAR

From a financial standpoint, transportation cost analysis remains focused on determining the value of the resources used to execute a given shipment and goes well beyond benchmarking. Moreover, this kind of analysis does not focus on who ends up paying which expenses in the end. The challenges of limited transportation cost analysis.

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Importance of Supply Chain Visibility

20Cube Logistics

The meaning of supply chain visibility can differ from person to person. At the current global scenario, supply chain visibility can be well defined as tracking of product from a source of production to a destination of delivery. Because of transparency generated, it helps to reduce risk and minimize unnecessary cost.

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The Most Important and Most Misunderstood Concept in Business - Opportunity Cost

10xLogistics

If you assume that is true then where is the analysis of what the dollar or minute could be doing? The concept of NPV (Net Present Value) tries to get at this. If they cannot answer that question, then they have not done good project analysis and they are not allocating scarce resources efficiently.

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The Global Warehouse Automation Market is “En Fuego”

Logistics Viewpoints

I had just reviewed KION Group’s financials that showed the Supply Chain Solutions segment (Dematic) grew by 44 percent in 2021. Similarly, a Honeywell investor presentation stated that its Intelligrated business grew by approximately 50 percent in 2021. — Dematic , or the KION Supply Chain Solutions segment, grew by 44.5

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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

This is the third and final part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. Supply chain resilience is, of course, a part of this narrative – as we are reminder every time we hear about guided-weapons or military fuels.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing an Internal Audit of Your Supply Chain 

Blue Grace Logistics

While all facets of the modern business are important, arguably the most important to any retail, manufacturing, or goods based service is their supply chain. To make the most out of your audit and its results, it’s important to understand that the supply chain isn’t a stand-alone, isolated feature of your business.

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A simple but clear perspective on the notion of Shipping Cartels

Shipping and Freight Resource

Based on this, there seems to be a natural and immediate view that these lines fit the definition of cartel “ A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. It’s definitely not the whole story. Which leads me back to my initial tweet.