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Understanding Truckload Rates: Contract Versus Spot Market

Blue Grace Logistics

Freight rates are broken down into two different categories: contract and spot rates. They are long-term agreements, typically six to twelve months, agreed to in advance of freight execution via a procurement exercise between shippers and transportation providers. Help shippers enforce KPIs and maintain a high level of service.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

If you can only say “No”, I will not be surprised, because many companies have never drilled down into the costs involved in selling specific SKU categories, individual SKUs, or providing particular services connected with those sales, to specific customers or customer categories. And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Product Categories. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. This exercise was done before the monthly planning cycle start. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Procurement Blog. Customer Service.

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Supply Chain Management:'Asset' in Enterprise Asset Management

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Product Categories. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. In this blog, with the example of Asset Management for personal health, they emphasize on identifying avenues for adding more Asset definitions to the EAM purview.

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Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide

Logistics Bureau

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities. SKU and Slot Dimensions.