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9 Barriers to Optimal Inventory and How to Break them Down

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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. How to Improve Forecast Accuracy for Optimal Inventory. 3: Supplier Lead Time.

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How To Reduce Soft Costs in Shipping

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For instance, things like fuel prices, hourly wages for employees, and materials are some hard costs. Soft costs are usually time-consuming tasks such as planning, tracking shipments, gathering documents, handling disputes, and handling communication with your freight forwarder and over-seas suppliers.

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Top 6 Logistics Challenges and How to Overcome Them

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Image source: Pexels | Logistics Challenges and How to Overcome Them Let’s break down the most common logistics problems and how you can resolve them to improve your operations. Read Also: How to Optimize Your Stock With Ideal Storage Structures 1. But the good news is, there are proven solutions that can help overcome them.

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Effective Stock Replenishment: Why you need it & how to achieve it

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Stock replenishment is an important aspect of inventory management, as it ensures the right stock items are being reordered to meet customer demand. A key responsibility of every stock replenishment team is to negotiate the best price for the items they reorder, so that the sell-on price can be as profitable as possible.

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How manufacturers and distributors can re-imagine procurement in the supply chain

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They have a contract with a supplier who delivers on time, and who charges acceptable prices. This meets all their key performance areas. A single supplier focus means that there is a high risk if the supplier closes its doors. The two main pillars of sourcing will be alternative suppliers and alternate pricing.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

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It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. How procurement handles itself and its activities set the tone for all the events that follow, right up to the final delivery of goods and services to the end-customer.

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How To Reduce Soft Costs in Shipping

Dedola Global Logistics

How To Reduce Soft Costs in Shipping. For instance, things like fuel prices, hourly wages for employees, and materials are some hard costs. How can importers and exporters reduce soft costs? Wherever you ship to or from, we have the resources necessary to meet your needs. The Dedola Difference. Contact Us. 562) 594-8988.