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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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5 Inventory Reduction Strategies to Drive Cost Savings

EazyStock

However, holding too much can have a number of negative implications, such as high carrying costs , over-investment in stock and poor cash flow. 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?

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Navigating Returns: Five Strategies for Shippers to Reduce Return to Origin

Locus

Better product handling should be done to reduce this issue. The Cost of Returns: Returns will cost companies monetarily and brand value. High operational costs: Returns necessitate additional operational processes which incur costs. More time on the road means more fuel consumption, leading to increased costs.

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy.

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Maximizing Efficiency: The Crucial Role of Order-Level Management and Cost to Serve in Freight Shipping

Blue Grace Logistics

Cost to Serve: The measurement of cost factors that go into the servicing of a customer, or the production of a product. For companies involved in shipping freight, the combination of order-level management and cost to serve analysis can be a game-changer.

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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. Now more than ever, shippers need to find innovative ways to make the most of real-time freight data and analysis.

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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

Customer satisfaction and keeping costs in check rests on optimal last-mile delivery operations. Naturally, the costs of meeting such expectations, especially on the delivery front are also increasing. The biggest challenge that logistics providers face is rising last-mile carrier delivery costs. These include: 1.