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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

We’ll begin with a look at pricing strategy. Do You Lack Confidence in Your Pricing Strategies? If not, your pricing strategies could inadvertently limit your profit margins , either by throttling revenue or gifting sales to your competitors. Are You Missing Opportunities in Pricing Strategy?

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Door to Door Sales Tips: 10 Best Strategies for Your Delivery Business

WorkWave

Rather than simply marching from house to house knocking on doors, sales representatives need to engage specific strategies to ensure that each person who is visited understands why they need the product at hand. One effective strategy is to paint a vivid picture of solving a problem. First impressions are important.

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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.

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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. Your distribution strategy too, will have a bearing on network optimisation.

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[Infographic] What Successful Manufacturing Leaders Do from 8am-8pm

GlobalTranz

Exercising in the morning stimulates your mind and body for the rest of the day. Also, by getting it over with in the morning, you’re less likely to skip your exercise regimen after a long day at work. Use a book, TV, or video game to make your brain stop working so you can alleviate the stress and let go. Get moving.

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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. For example, slotting strategies often involve placing the fastest-moving SKUs close to the warehouse dispatch zones, minimising picking operatives’ travel distances and times.

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Reality check

Automotive Logistics

Skoda, for example, has introduced an innovative video mapping scheme at its Mladá Boleslav facility in the Czech Republic in an effort to assist staff with material picking by providing extended information and highlighting any process errors. In addition, we’ve also incorporated VR into our training strategy.