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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain. Let’s take ecommerce as an example.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

Bundling/Upselling Opportunities For example, some of your products and/or services might have price structures that complement one another, creating opportunities for bundling or upselling. If you haven’t done a segmentation exercise, that would be a positive first step towards understanding customer profitability.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

For example, if speedy delivery is a part of your service strategy (which is often the case in today’s on-demand environment), you will either need to locate your warehouses close to customers, or close to the facilities of your preferred carriers. For example, we need to know if we can get to the required level of packaging unit.