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Bring Investing & Outsourcing to Your Supply Chain Strategy

CLX Logistics

A resilient and agile supply chain strategy is not just a prudent choice—it’s a necessity, especially within the context of chemical supply chains. Challenges in Supply Chain Strategy Planning Designing a resilient and agile supply chain organization is not without its challenges.

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How to Best Use a Spot Market Strategy During This Market Shift

CH Robinson Logistics

Our academic research continues to show that contracted freight in a hierarchical route guide provides great service and price. The short answer is “yes,” as long as you have a segmented freight portfolio strategy for both the contract market and the spot market. Segment your freight portfolio.

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Benefits of a Multichannel Ecommerce Sales Strategy

Ship Monk

If you’re not employing a multichannel sales strategy, you’re clearly missing out. But what, exactly is a multichannel sales strategy, and is it worth the investment? If you can’t lower your price, then offer free shipping and mention it in your meta descriptions. What is a Multichannel Sales Strategy?

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How to think about your freight RFP strategy

FreightWaves SONAR

Tailor a mini-bid strategy that plays to your strengths and protects your weaknesses. Truckload spot prices can move up or down by 40% within a single calendar year. That underpriced freight may be rejected more often and end up in the spot market, costing the shipper more than had the rates never been reduced.

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Controlling Supply Chain Cost for Sustainable Growth

Blue Grace Logistics

What you will learn in this blog: Leveraging Data Analytics For Invaluable Insights Implementing Lean Principles for Waste Reduction Effective Management Of Supply Chain Costs As companies navigate market fluctuations and challenges, effectively managing supply chain expenses becomes pivotal for success.

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5 Inventory Reduction Strategies to Drive Cost Savings

EazyStock

So it makes sense to look for ways to reduce inventory and keep levels under control! What are the potential cost savings from inventory reduction? There are many financial benefits to introducing stock reduction strategies – in particular focusing on your excess and obsolete items.

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Enterprise shippers’ top 6 logistics strategies to know

FreightWaves SONAR

Adjusting current logistics strategies demonstrated the second great challenge of the pandemic. Embracing new and improved logistics strategies remains the best way to adapt to clients’ changing demands in 2021 and beyond. Strong and versatile logistics strategies depend on this data. Download the White Paper.