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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

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.

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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. Examples are industrial robots and multipurpose CNC machines. For example, full warehouse automation to support event-driven, mission-critical system delivery.

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Analysis on 2021 Container Shipping Delays

ShipLilly

Take for example the increased emphasis on the purchase of household goods via e-Commerce platforms. Examples of the sought-after perks include guaranteed space, sure-deal equipment, more space on the ship, and finally the ultimate prize of expedited processing. The statistics are startling.

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Inventory Replenishment Strategies that Increase Profits

EazyStock

Inventory Replenishment Strategies to Boost Profitability. To overcome all these inventory management risks, you need a toolbox of effective inventory replenishment strategies. 5 Inventory Replenishment Strategies to Increase Profits. Any business that carries inventory needs to avoid stockouts and back orders.

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3 Warehouse Insights for Supply Chain Leaders from the Wall Street Journal’s Industry Analysis

Stord

The Wall Street Journal’s recent analysis of retailers’ logistical challenges highlights the appeal and success of alternative solutions to traditional warehousing in retail and beyond. Scalability is a huge component of alternative strategies. New approaches aren’t just for one market segment or group, though.

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Coupa Leverages Community Intelligence to Power AI

Logistics Viewpoints

Scale drives profitability,” Turner told a group of industry analysts on April 22 nd , the day before the Coupa Inspire user conference began. This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, sourcing, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting.

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5 Inventory Reduction Strategies to Drive Cost Savings

EazyStock

There are many financial benefits to introducing stock reduction strategies – in particular focusing on your excess and obsolete items. Here we’re going to focus on our favorite top five inventory reduction strategies. So it makes sense to look for ways to reduce inventory and keep levels under control!