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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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3PL Warehousing Trends for 2022

Camelot 3PL Software

As we chug along into the first quarter of 2022, the trends we observed last year continue to play out. The impacts of these trends can be significant. The adage Speed, Quality, Cost – Pick two is an everyday exercise. This trend will continue until supply catches up with demand (if it ever does). It’s everywhere.

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The Effects of Cultural Differences on Transportation and Logistics

MTS Logistics

In essence, the influence of cultural differences on transportation encompasses communication and language differences, cultural protocols and business habits, customs and export procedures, the dynamic political and legal environment, logistics infrastructure and transportation networks, as well as cultural needs and consumer behavior trends.

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TEST Shipping Data: How Machine Learning, AI, Automation & Chatbots Create Hyper Efficiency

RPA Labs

Trying to meet current market demands with obsolete systems is an exercise in futility, and that is causing many shippers, carriers, and forwarders to struggle. These major areas of the challenge include: Scalability to shift productivity levels and focus on meeting current market trends and consumer demands.

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Large Shipping Losses Have Declined 38% over Past 10 Years

Material Handling and Logistics

In 2017 the downward trend of large shipping losses continued, according to a new survey, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review. Globally, the decline in frequency and severity of total losses over the past year continues the positive trend of the past decade. naval ships and commercial vessels.

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The Weekly Freight Report for August 6, 2020

FLS Transport

And analysis shows the odds of a significant dip are unlikely. And as carriers have options… they are exercising them in search of margins. And with peak season right around the corner, analysts predict this trend isn’t dying down any time soon. Get the details here. Carrier Pricing Power Hits All Time High.

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Shipping Data: How Machine Learning, AI, Automation & Chatbots Create Hyper Efficiency

RPA Labs

Trying to meet current market demands with obsolete systems is an exercise in futility, and that is causing many shippers, carriers, and forwarders to struggle. These major areas of the challenge include: Scalability to shift productivity levels and focus on meeting current market trends and consumer demands.