GoShip Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping offers a cost-effective approach to transporting packages along your supply chain. This article highlights five ways to avoid LTL shipping problems to improve your bottom line and stay competitive. Ensure that you understand the exact rates the carrier offers by weight and size.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

This article by SHIPSTA addresses six of the most common challenges that can surface in peak shipping season, while providing solutions on how to best address them. Pressure to Save Costs Transportation accounts for a significant amount of total operational costs, consequently becoming a huge target for potential cost savings.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 12, 2022

With direct and indirect materials making up at least 50% of typical manufacturing costs, the procurement function could be re-imagined so companies can be more responsive to customer demands and more agile when dealing with supply chain challenges. They have a contract with a supplier who delivers on time, and who charges acceptable prices.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This function plays a crucial role in the supply chain management process and is an integral part of a company’s overall logistics and operations strategy. It combines metrics such as on-time delivery, accurate documentation and undamaged products.

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Compactor Management Company

JANUARY 20, 2023

Thus, it becomes non-negotiable to find out ways to compensate for all the harm paper consumption is causing to the environment. Shredding your important documents instead of simply disposing of them is one of the most significant eco-friendly measures you can take. Related article What is Composting? Video by RecycleNow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. HBR also cites technology’s ability to cut costs and to make “companies more agile and therefore better able to handle […] uncertainty and rapid change.”

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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