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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. Service Providers are to revert to the RFP/RFQ based on the timeline indicated on the document.

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5 Ways to Boost Sustainable Shipping

Multichannel Merchant

The call for sustainable shipping is getting real. Pressure is coming from all sides for companies to adopt more sustainable shipping practices. For shippers worried about the pressure to green up their shipping operations, and the associated costs and resources required, there’s good news. Maximize Local Fulfillment.

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Achieving the Impossible Dream: Perfect Order Performance

Material Handling & Logistics

Four separate factors contribute to achieving a “perfect order”: the delivery must arrive complete, on-time, undamaged, and with proper documentation. According to APQC Open Standards Benchmarking data, organizations that are median, or midpoint, performers on this measure have a perfect order index of 90. Share data. Automate orders.

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Featuring Our 12 Best Global Process Excellence ™ Articles!

Supply Chain Game Changer

This article is a compilation of our best articles documenting that journey of leadership and discovery, which in some cases resulted in achieving Best in Class results. In our latest “Featuring” article we provide a list of all of the articles we’ve created, so far, documenting our journey.

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Global Trade Management: The Problem with Manual Screening

QAD

Customs/Document Screening Failures. The incidence of screening failure during global trade management – customs activities and documents which move goods across borders – and their attendant potential for monetary penalties most frequently arise from decentralized and outmoded processes. The benefits far outweigh the costs.

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5 Reasons Why Carriers Are Customer-Obsessed

Freightos

Accenture estimates that’s manual processes have exposed the ocean shipping industry to $34.4 A recent benchmarking study determined just how far each of the top air and ocean carriers has progressed, surveying their website sales and service offerings, ability to connect customer systems, and commitment to structural transformation.

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Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense?

Logistics Viewpoints

Our inventories were in line with benchmarks, but we knew that intensifying the pace of launches could become challenging in the long run.”. Though service levels were already very good versus external benchmarks, the number of stockouts dropped a further 75% from 2016 levels. The results? Often the stock outs are not a planning issue.