Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices. As performance reporting metrics capture vendor performance, the company can substantiate penalties for noncompliance and poor performance, recognize or reward high performers, and incent positive results and consistent behavior. Sourcing uses P.O.

Pricing Training 142

Pricing Training Purchasing Skills Purchasing Training Negotiating Skills 142

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

Optimal Sourcing 100

Optimal Sourcing Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software 100

CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 13, 2016

Editor’s note: This post originally ran in 2012. Transportation accessorials can represent another type of gap in your total landed cost calculation. These are costs for supplementary services that are provided in connection with transportation; they are not always included in the freight charge.

Cost Reduction Strategies 34

Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Price Reduction Supply Chain Software 34

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton.

Material Savings 207

Material Savings Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 207

Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 29, 2020

This regulation will see the largest reduction in the Sulphur content of the transportation fuel under taken at any time in the history. Under this regime, the primary responsible party in the freight market will be the vessel owner or operator. Later in the year 2012, it was further reduced to 3.5% million metric tons annually.

Cost Reduction Strategies 67

Cost Reduction Strategies Virgin Islands Price Reduction Inventory Reduction 67

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This was the subject of a call I was on last Friday, with the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and a number of other leading experts including Hau Lee, Jason Miller, Labor shortages in the general economy are also spilling over into the transportation realm, specifically in ports, rail yards, and truck drivers.

Los Angeles 52

Los Angeles Long Beach Demand Planning Software New Jersey 52

6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

Warehousing 111

Warehousing 3PL Company Third Party Logistics 111