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This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)

Talking Logistics

April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. The last shutdown occurred in the fall of 2002, as retailers were preparing for the Christmas holiday period. If you haven’t been preparing for this risk, ideally since the end of the last shutdown in 2002, there’s very little you can do now at the 11th hour. What’s at stake this time?

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Shippers Dissatisfied with 3PLs’ Dinosaur Technologies

Supply Chain Collaborator

The third party logistics (3PL) model, while critical to smaller, low-volume shippers, has never been the best option for organizations shipping moderate-to-high volumes of freight. The first study of shipper satisfaction in 2002 revealed only 27% of shippers was satisfied with the IT capabilities offered by their 3PL provider.

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Introductory Guide to Spend Analysis - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

In fiscal year 2002, the U.S. Classification of commodities allows a company to benchmark its the purchased price against a standard price which is maintained by solution providers. However, some companies have thousands of payment transactions a month such as freight bill payment. Background. Discussion.

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Beroe Founder Vel Dhinagaravel speaks at NC State on Origins of Company

NC State SCRC

I learned that to manage logistics you have to manage relationships with people in the supply chain, and I also learned that there is an informal network of relationships that had to be managed in the supply chain… this was in 2002. Today we are at 450 categories, which is more than a 1 to 1 map to our analysts.

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The Ultimate Guide to Beer Profit Margins & More

Unleashed

Unfortunately, there is no agreed-upon benchmark for profit margins. You can also use these metrics to benchmark against similar taprooms in your neighbourhood. If you don’t know the benchmark for brewpubs in your area, you can compare it to restaurants; azcentral reports full-service restaurants achieving margins between 3% to 5%.