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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Indeed, during our CTS work with clients, we’ve encountered many cases where products or customers drive losses rather than profits—always an eye-opener, but more common than you might ever expect.

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Embracing the Chill: How the Consumer Shift from Fresh to Frozen Effects Cold Chain Transportation

Blue Grace Logistics

a How to Navigate Your Supply Chain During Market Swings Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - November 21, 2023 In the realm of ever-fluctuating food prices, a pragmatic revolution is quietly taking place in the shopping carts of budget-conscious consumers.

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Bucking the Trend in Transportation – Simultaneously Cap Rate Growth and Beat Capacity Constraints

Talking Logistics

Bucking this trend is a daunting proposition and even those large volume shippers that are already embracing powerful logistics IT solutions to more efficiently manage spend, like transportation management systems (TMS), fleet tools, optimizers and others, are still frequently overpaying greatly for spot moves.

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The Current State of Imports and Exports

Blue Grace Logistics

Case Study. The nearshoring trend. Knowledge is power–understanding what’s causing the situation can help reduce stress and enable you to select the best course of action to best move forward. The Nearshoring Trend Continues. This trend started as low-cost labor in Asia was not the savings it used to be.

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Supply Chain Innovation Technology: No Longer Just a “Build vs. Buy” Decision

Talking Logistics

Across every industry, IT strategy is now business strategy. Of course, these new technologies also come with a lot of risks and uncertainties, which is why many companies are taking a “wait and see” approach before investing any time, money, and resources in them. And it’s no secret that technology is fueling that speed.

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The Online Retail Landscape in 2019: A Review of the Highs and Lows

Logistics Bureau

Aside from Amazon, some of the most effective online retailers in 2019, in the USA at least, were those that developed an ecommerce strategy leveraging their traditional, brick-and-mortar outlets. Smart inventory strategies have undoubtedly helped them in this regard, too, as well as some intelligent marketing initiatives.