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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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Reduce Packaging Innovation Day

Logistics Business Magazine

Organized annually by CMC Packaging Automation, a company in the portfolio of KKR Global Impact Fund and supported by Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, this event has become a tradition in the on-demand packaging sector. CID23, the 10th edition of CMC Innovation Day, took place last Thursday, June 22nd.

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How to Make Reverse Packaging Logistics More Efficient?

3PL Links

Image source: Rawpixel.com | How to Make Reverse Packaging Logistics More Efficient? The way we handle packaging is very important in protecting the environment in a world where sustainability is becoming more and more important. Strategic alliances encourage more effective procedures and broaden the scope of collecting.

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Mosca 2027 Sustainability Strategy

Logistics Business Magazine

Mosca is making its corporate commitment transparent and offering an overview of future goals with its first in-depth sustainability strategy report. One key focus is on employee involvement and a commitment to minimal packaging. The Nonstop responsibility 2027 strategy reflects our approach to leading the way in our industry.

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Navigating Returns: Five Strategies for Shippers to Reduce Return to Origin

Locus

Shipping the wrong product can be fixed by optimizing the package sorting process. Top Five Strategies that Shippers can Implement to Reduce Return to Origin 1. Auto Sorting Packages : Manually checking the packages ,addresses, and then assigning them to a compatible vehicle is a tiring task to say the least.

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4 Ways to Enhance Warehouse Efficiency with Prescriptive and Predictive Analytics

Logistics Viewpoints

The models offer prescriptive analytics, leveraging data on order history, batching and pathing patterns, and warehouse layout to recommend optimal slotting strategies. Taking this even further, we can estimate the cost of an error to the business and use prescriptive analytics to automatically make the decision to audit a package or not.

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Simple Ecommerce Shipping Solutions

Ship Monk

With so many literal and figurative moving parts to factor into your shipping strategy, it can be a lot for an ecommerce brand to handle alone. Virtual Carrier Network ShipMonk’s Virtual Carrier Network is an advanced transportation management strategy that ensures orders are delivered on-time at the best possible rate.