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4 tips to reduce cargo damage and save money on shipping costs

Shipping and Freight Resource

But if you can reduce cargo and shipping damage , you can cut shipping costs. Other departments of your organization will also save money and function more efficiently, too. With the right packaging, strategy, and tools, you can cut shipping costs by as much as 60%. Choose Packaging and Pallets Carefully. Fill Containers Wisely.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

Of course, there is no quick and easy way to curb increases in the cost of energy and labour, but now is an excellent time to start thinking about practical ways to reduce energy usage and increase labour productivity and efficiency. Is Our Warehouse Lighting Energy Efficient? Are We Lighting Our Warehouse Spaces Unnecessarily?

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How manufacturers and distributors can mitigate disruption in the global supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

When China shut down operations in a bid to contain Covid-19, supply chains ran out of material. This is to avoid more costly routes such as the Panama Canal or taking the long haul around the tip of Africa or South America. To assist with the short-term solution, the answer is an extensive data-gathering exercise.

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

WorkWave

Still, there are particular tips and tricks for door-to-door salespeople that make connections, build networks, and, most importantly, boost sales. Adding the door to door salesman tips listed below to your toolbelt will help each salesperson exceed quotas and enhance your pitching performance. Time To Read: 9 minutes.

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. 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.

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Mike Rother: The Toyota Kata Practice Guide

The Lean Thinker

That book provides working examples of vertical linkage between organizational strategy and shop floor improvement efforts. I started making changes to my own materials based on my early look at the manuscript.). Everything else is bonus material. Mike Rother and Gerd Aulinger published Toyota Kata Culture early this year.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Supply Chain Planning: 4 Essential Year End Questions to Ask Yourself

GlobalTranz

A huge part of effective strategy in any business function is planning. Try this : Designate a file folder near your workspace to collect any materials or notes related to your successes as they occur. Here 5 top tips to help you combat rising freight and transportation costs: Consolidate Your Carriers.