Log-hub

JULY 31, 2024

Optimizing the supply chain in this sector is crucial for enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and maintaining competitive advantage. Recent data underscores the significant improvements that companies have achieved through these strategies. Streamlined supply chain processes can lead to significant cost savings.

Optimal Sourcing 40

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Price Reduction 40

Transporeon

AUGUST 29, 2018

The “once-beleaguered” LTL market is “enjoying its best pricing and rate environment in at least a decade with no sign that this is a temporary situation.”. High transportation prices are taking a bite out of the margins of large national shippers, who are forced to maintain service levels while absorbing the extra costs.

Price Reduction 48

Price Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 48

Log-hub

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Understanding these differences in supply chain strategies is crucial for businesses as they prepare for this year’s shopping season. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed an increase of 3.2% , making inventory and shipping costs higher. Businesses struggled to balance these higher costs while maintaining competitive prices.

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Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Price Reduction 40

Parade

MAY 29, 2019

The goal of a digital freight matching strategy is to reduce touch points to help your freight brokerage improve your key business metrics of productivity, profitability, and engagement— assisting you to move your current and future freight better. You will need pricing and capacity tools to assess these in real-time.

Digital 60

Digital Production Freight Price Reduction 60

Parade

MAY 29, 2019

The goal of a digital freight matching strategy is to reduce touch points to help your freight brokerage improve your key business metrics of productivity, profitability, and engagement— assisting you to move your current and future freight better. You will need pricing and capacity tools to assess these in real-time.

Digital 60

Digital Production Freight Price Reduction 60

Log-hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Efficient inventory management, layout organization, and operational strategies are key to meeting customer demands while minimizing costs and maximizing profits. The ABCD Analysis entails categorizing products based on their net sales and subsequently measuring the inventory value for each category.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Analysis Material Savings Waste Reduction 40

Log-hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Efficient inventory management, layout organization, and operational strategies are key to meeting customer demands while minimizing costs and maximizing profits. The ABCD Analysis entails categorizing products based on their net sales and subsequently measuring the inventory value for each category.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Analysis Material Savings Waste Reduction 40

Log-hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Efficient inventory management, layout organization, and operational strategies are key to meeting customer demands while minimizing costs and maximizing profits. The ABCD Analysis entails categorizing products based on their net sales and subsequently measuring the inventory value for each category.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Analysis Material Savings Waste Reduction 40

Transporeon

AUGUST 28, 2018

The “once-beleaguered” LTL market is “enjoying its best pricing and rate environment in at least a decade with no sign that this is a temporary situation.” High transportation prices are taking a bite out of the margins of large national shippers, who are forced to maintain service levels while absorbing the extra costs.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Price Reduction 48

Parade

MAY 8, 2019

Trucking is such a fragmented industry that there’s no data on specific carriers and drivers to differentiate their levels of service, as a result they’re all grouped together like a commodity and priced the same. However, brokerages must first have a robust knowledge base of data, which includes data on thousands of carrier organizations.

Digital 68

Digital Freight Price Reduction Waste Reduction 68

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2018

Price pressure and the need to make profits have left many supply chain organisations in a tight corner. Their answer has been to apply cost reduction and lean practices. This frees up their human counterparts for work that AI cannot do, such as creating a new supply chain strategy. Putting AI to Work in Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Modeling Software 63

Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A big part of what companies need to do when building a future strategy is to look out into the future and say, “These are the things that we think we want to do and be five years from now”. Having a platform where suppliers can see the demand and can update their commits will reduce surprises and improve service levels.

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Log-hub

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Electric vehicles (EVs), by contrast, produce no tailpipe emissions, making them a key player in reducing urban air pollution and combating climate change. As fossil fuel reserves dwindle, transitioning to electric mobility reduces reliance on finite resources and promotes the use of renewable energy sources.

Purchasing Skills 40

Purchasing Skills Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Resource Reduction 40

Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2018

We spoke with Mr. Brett Turner, Vice President Supply Chain Management at DKSH (Thailand) to learn more about the strategy behind FMCG transportation and distribution in the ASEAN region and he also shared with us his vision focusing on future development of Thailand through this business. Recruiting locally also improves our knowledge base.

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Distribution Supply Chain Planning Software Transportation Modeling Software 31

Ship Monk

AUGUST 8, 2023

But if you make it hard, you’re adding to your customer service issues rather than reducing them. A knowledge-base support platform, such as Zendesk, HelpDocs, or Zoho Desk, enables customers to search a private database for answers to the most frequently asked questions. Customer Service Best Practices 1. Enable self-service.

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Ordering Logistics Network Optimization Software Purchasing Skills Material Savings 52

Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

In some domains, however, software is on its way to eliminating supply chains too, or at least shortening them significantly. The trouble is, breaking down silos is immensely difficult, which is why some organisations are switching focus from elimination attempts, to a process of improving the connections between them.

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