Logistics Bureau

JUNE 14, 2017

In this post—which will build up over the coming months into a comprehensive guide—we’re going to share some of our logistics outsourcing knowledge and insights. Transformation from fixed-cost to variable-cost model. Increased flexibility in your logistics operations. Advantages of superior logistics technology.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Retailers and warehouses must work to please more customers, stay competitive with Big Box retailers and Amazon, and still create a unique customer experience. and many companies have fallen into a high-cost model of trying to meet omnichannel standards with legacy systems. How to Embrace Omnichannel 2.0

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

Use Warehouse/3PL cross-functional teams to contribute Cost Savings Ideas: Lean initiatives alone will bring cost reduction and process improvements. Use Gainsharing so both the Warehouse/3PL and customer/shipper gain where cost reduction is found. Create a “win-win” partnership. KPIs Question 2.

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Negotiating Skills Cost Reduction Scenario Planning Inventory Reduction 77

Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Continually monitoring the capacity planning process, with in-bound orders constantly assessed to present consumers with a range of delivery options and prices that accurately reflect the retailer’s capacity and cost model imposes far more certainty over the entire last mile process.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because most of these companies, their first step will be to build some sort of factory, some sort of distribution center in Mexico that would bring their supply chain closer to the U.S. Air Cargo Next: How does nearshoring affect the shipping portion of the supply chain?

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Ship Monk

MARCH 28, 2023

While overnight shipping can be a difficult, costly model to uphold, and ground shipping is often not up to par with the quick turnarounds customers crave, 2-day shipping offers great benefits to the average ecommerce business. And you don’t have to just have rules based on distance.

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Cost Reduction Inventory Reduction eCommerce Expense Reduction 52

Freightera

JANUARY 8, 2019

Freightera is one of the only companies that has created a fixed cost model with data directly from carriers. Freightera, very much like online travel sites, removed the brokers from the equation and connected shippers and carriers directly. Read the entire article on Canadian Shipper and on Dan Goodwill’s blog.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2019

Once foreign carmakers start making lower cost models in China for export, production in the country is expected to boom. Its structure will be expanded to accommodate future BMW model variants and the expected increase in customer demand,” the company said. BBA is also expanding a battery factory in north-east China.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

Overseas markets are becoming volatile, and the cost of labor in foreign countries is rising steadily. However, many countries still continue to have lower labor costs than the US, and so we still see offshoring by companies who are in the proverbial pursuit to the lowest cost model.

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