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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

Here is an overview of the most valuable benefits: More informed freight spending: Because freight benchmarking involves the analysis of carriers and the rates paid by companies using them, it gives you an evolving picture of clarity about your freight spending. Freight Benchmarking: How to Do it Right.

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Overcoming e-sourcing apprehension

Transporeon

Procurement professionals, if you are considering a transition from manual and Excel-based RF(x) to online automated e-sourcing platforms, here is the information you need to mitigate fear, uncertainty and doubt in your supplier base. But feedback from suppliers on the available procurement automation platforms tends toward the negative.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

Of course, switching to more efficient lighting requires significant investment, especially if you choose induction lights, which are particularly expensive to procure. How to Improve Lighting Control It’s common for warehouse spaces to sit under artificial lighting even when or where it’s not strictly necessary.

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Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element

Logistics Bureau

The need for any S&OP process to have an executive sponsor who actively participates in the process, albeit only by exercising final approval over plans and, of course, making any decisions that call for executive authority, cannot be overstated. The Executive Sponsor. Excluding Key People or Teams. It all starts with awareness.

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Supply chain trends to watch out for in 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, brand manufacturers and retailers—are beginning to perform life cycle analysis of their products to ascertain the environmental impacts of the products they sell. Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. Companies can say, “We’ll just buy it from Nielsen”.