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Maximize Ecommerce Supplier Relationships

Ship Monk

When was the last time you thought about your business’ relationship with its suppliers? The last time they raised prices? So much attention is paid to negotiating the price of the goods and coordinating the delivery that very little thought goes into the quality of the relationship and how improving it might help you both.

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Retail Supply Chain Management: A Guide

Logistics Bureau

So everything in the retailer’s Supply Chain strategy needs to be focused on the customer, and of course the shareholders, that goes without saying. Well that of course depends on the type of retailer we’re talking about. Price; this needs to be competitive. Quality is of course a given. Often 60-70% of total sales.

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Global Logistics Market Analysis: 2022 Summer Edition

MTS Logistics

Last year was marked with capacity issues and high prices, but today, freight prices have decreased, while capacity has increased. Of course, we may still experience more factories in Asia not operating at 100 percent capacity, further trucking shortages, port issues, etc. They also agreed demand spikes caused higher pricing.

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9 Barriers to Optimal Inventory and How to Break them Down

Logistics Bureau

Instead, your company’s optimal inventory performance will be such that you can meet the service levels you aspire to (or to which your customer agreements commit you) with the barest minimum negative impact on profit and working capital. 3: Supplier Lead Time. No inventory optimisation solution comes without tradeoffs.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.

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The Top 10 Features of Effective Supply Chain Managers

GlobalTranz

On this position, you’d be managing all activities for purchasing raw materials, delivering them to the right point across the organization, making sure the organization is producing enough supply to meet the demand of the audience, and deliver the product to the right place at the right time. You want to meet those standards?

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Real-World Scenario: Best Practices for Warehousing Contracts: Part Two

GlobalTranz

Currently, our client provides an incentive to a supplier via gain and pain share. Some incentives are reducing UNIT PRICING. This is also a negotiable issue. Decreasing prices based on increasing sales, i.e. sales incentives: additional customers closed; more warehouse activity; filling warehouses space with new customers.