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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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Outsourcing transport and warehousing: How to be Successful

Logistics Bureau

Warehousing and distribution management is nota core skill. Related to the core skill issue, often organisations that have a strategic focus other than in transport or warehousing, cannot attain the desired performance levelsand key performance indicators (KPIs) required by their customers. But what about cost of service?

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

If yours is one of those businesses shifting from traditional to online retail, you’ve probably faced some of the logistical challenges arising from the need to deliver your customers’ purchases to them. Perhaps you haven’t had much opportunity, amid the turmoil, to consider the cost to serve your online customers.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Competitiveness of Pricing. The price you pay your vendors for their products is a significant factor in your company’s ability to compete in its market. However, your company probably procures a wide range of indirect supplies, and this is where pricing can impact your competitive advantage. Emergency Purchase Rate.

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Cost To Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability

Logistics Bureau

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. How Much Does It “Cost to Serve” Your Customer? It costs you a certain amount to make a product. Sales organisation costs.

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Being Adaptive Drives Resiliency and Margins in Collaborative Supply Chain Networks (CSCN)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to Bloomberg , the coffee supply chain is struggling with constrained supply and increase in prices is inevitable. They design their supply chain on a continuous basis and focus on ecommerce retailing strategies that segment their customer base according to buying behavior.

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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. The Failing Kmart Business Strategy. The first Kmart store opened way back in 1962.