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How To Use the Off-season as an Opportunity To Offset Business Costs

WorkWave

You can also take these weeks, or months, to implement strategies that improve workplace efficiency. Consider asking sales representatives — and other employees who don’t regularly contribute to high-level strategy — to participate. They might host educational workshops, complimentary seminars, or other public events.

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Alternative Bean Cultivation Boosts Smallholder Farmer Earnings in Rwanda

World Food Programme Logistics

Cooperatives receive support on good farming practices to enhance crop quality and quantity and how to reduce post-harvest losses. Once crops are harvested, cooperatives are linked directly to private sector companies to sell their quality harvests at premium market prices. The single variety beans workshop opened my eyes.

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How to Operate Your Distribution Truck Fleet at Less Cost

Logistics Bureau

There are ways and means to reduce excess expenditure in fleet operation , and you can separate them roughly into three categories. Consider Downsizing Your Fleet Reducing fleet size might be the most drastic option for cost reduction, but it’s also the one likely to deliver the most significant savings.

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“The pandemic has changed the industry”

Logistics Business Magazine

However, it does not completely replace face-to-face events in the long run. In addition, there is a drastic increase in freight costs, delivery delays due to bottlenecks in sea freight and the constantly rising prices of raw materials. That means you use the free workshop capacities for reconditioning used equipment?

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4th Annual 3PL Summit in Atlanta - June 26th to the 28th

Blog on Log

This is the 4th year of the event, which seems to get bigger and better each year. I will be participating on the following panels: Monday, June 26, 2006 14:00 - 15:00 Pre-Summit Workshop 1: Open debate about performance metrics and pricing strategies. What is a fair price? I'll give you a recap next week.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Prices are climbing at grocery stores and gas stations across the country. Walmart is looking at ways to help customers alleviate the financial strain of these rising prices, with a nod to its Walmart+ customers. Amazon also adjusted the price threshold for its US small and light program to $10 from $8, effective April 28.