Course Exercises Purchasing Skills Strategy 
Logistics Bureau
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
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?” When costs begin to spiral out of control, the result is usually a loss of revenue in proportion to sales.
Logistics Bureau
AUGUST 2, 2021
Competitiveness of Pricing. The price you pay your vendors for their products is a significant factor in your company’s ability to compete in its market. However, your company probably procures a wide range of indirect supplies, and this is where pricing can impact your competitive advantage. Emergency Purchase Rate.
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Logistics Bureau
APRIL 4, 2022
Whether your company is a big or small player in terms of shipping volumes, and regardless of your chosen transportation modes (road, rail, ocean, air), the health of your bottom line depends in no small part on the competitiveness of your freight prices. The answer is to benchmark your freight, of course.
ShipLilly
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Saving on costs whilst improving business efficiency Although the principles of “just-in-time” management are highly recommended for pressurized supply chains, it is increasingly difficult to fully implement them. Moreover, the industry was dealing with rising prices and a global economic situation that was far from stable.
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 3, 2023
If you’re a decision-maker with accountability for your organisation’s entire supply chain, and you’re just starting to think about outsourcing, perhaps to reduce costs or improve service, this post should prove well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it. What Can You Outsource, and What Should You Outsource?
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 7, 2020
Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. Companies with global supply chains—a category which includes a fast-growing number of corporations, medium-sized companies, and even small businesses—can be standing on a cost base of which 90% is attributable to supply chain expenditure. .
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 9, 2019
Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. Again then, it’s not difficult to see how the financial health of a business depends on that of the supply chain, or how probable it is that supply chain costs feature strongly in the demise of many companies that become insolvent.
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