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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

Have you conducted a cost-to-serve (CTS) analysis for your enterprise? And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis. If you were going to say, “What is a cost-to-serve analysis?” When costs begin to spiral out of control, the result is usually a loss of revenue in proportion to sales.

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SAP Tells their Customers, ‘Keep the Core Clean!”

Logistics Viewpoints

Mr. Hardee said SAP had great tools to support a quick implementation. After doing a fit-gap analysis, they developed a global template for the rollout that allowed for small nation-specific adjustments. However, the payback calculation does not include the increases in sales they are getting due to better inventory visibility.

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Tata Steel Europe’s Connected Planning Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

The company sells directly and through channels; they have an extensive distribution network to provide postproduction processing, service, distribution, and sales support. IBP is a multifunctional planning process that includes sales, marketing, demand planners, manufacturing, and finance. So, what is “connected planning?”

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

Let’s begin with a look at why, in general, retailers with multiple sales channels are more likely to experience difficulties in reducing cost-to-serve. If it were simply the fact that online sales typically involve home delivery, then omnichannel sellers would have no more cost-to-serve challenges than their pure-play online competitors.

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How to Protect Your Customers & Brand from Ecommerce Fraud

Ship Monk

The good news is that fraud management tactics and tools are making it easier to prevent, catch, and combat ecommerce fraud. Today we’re going to examine some of the more common types of payment fraud, and the tactics and tools that ecommerce brands can use to stay ahead of the problem.

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Digitalization Steps and AI Integration in the Ocean Shipping Industry

MTS Logistics

Alongside this digital transformation, MSC emphasizes the importance of providing a “personal touch” through its agents, aiming to make customers feel valued and prioritizing customer satisfaction in both sales and after-sales services. The partnership aims to enhance decision-making processes across its operations.

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Improving Supply Chain Visibility: The Impact of Data Strategy

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Which tools should we use? After all, having access to a mountain of data is useless if the data analysis does not accurately detail the flows throughout the supply chain. The analysis of this data enables businesses to acquire a true view of all their processes and the performance of their supply chain.