Course Examples Meeting Negotiate Pricing 
Ship Monk
APRIL 5, 2024
When was the last time you thought about your business’ relationship with its suppliers? The last time they raised prices? So much attention is paid to negotiating the price of the goods and coordinating the delivery that very little thought goes into the quality of the relationship and how improving it might help you both.
MTS Logistics
MAY 27, 2022
Last year was marked with capacity issues and high prices, but today, freight prices have decreased, while capacity has increased. For example, recently Target was forced to write down the value of excess inventory that’s stuck in warehouses. West Coast ports and dockworkers are negotiating a new labor contract.
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Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 1, 2018
Of course, it can also open new opportunities for tomorrow. The following are examples. Supplier unreliability. A key example is the expert system. Image processing is an example. Price pressure and the need to make profits have left many supply chain organisations in a tight corner.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 10, 2022
For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. Instead, your company’s optimal inventory performance will be such that you can meet the service levels you aspire to (or to which your customer agreements commit you) with the barest minimum negative impact on profit and working capital.
The Logistics Academy
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers. Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. But hard skills must be coupled with soft skills.
Kanban Logistics
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
With the VMI model, manufacturing suppliers work with 3PLs to store goods that the manufacturer will eventually require. Examples range from custom trays that contain nuts, bolts and screws to be used in production to the assembly of one part of a larger product. Ultimately, of course, warehousing costs are largely individual.
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