Enterra Insights
APRIL 18, 2024
But as the costs of transportation increase, the length of supply lines is beginning to decrease. The causes are myriad, including rising labor costs, geopolitical considerations, rising transportation costs, and increased risks of supply chain disruptions. As a result, globalization is beginning to look more like regionalization.”[1]
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
But then along came the internet in the 1980s, and suddenly distance-related business costs collapsed for transactions, communications, transportation, and search. The web was the ‘death of distance,’ a concept popularized in 1997 by Frances Cairncross’s book of the same title.”[3]
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Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 3, 2020
You can book flights as well as hotels with the use of this app. If you didn’t know, you could book any kind of lodging, small or grand with the help of this app in your destination. Currency Converter. You’re going to need to convert your money in the currency running through your holiday location. Duolingo.
ToolsGroup
JULY 11, 2017
3-9% reduction in transportation costs as a percentage of sales (overhead costs and profitability). Her research shows that effective Sales and Operations Planning is one of the most highly correlated factors to achieving high level financial success metrics, such a company’s stock price to tangible book value.
Procurement Academy
AUGUST 31, 2021
These are examples of the 101% customer service that Ken Blanchard talks about in his book Raving Fans. You can offer a bank account at every location and accept payments in all currencies, charging minimal fees or none; it can be opened online everywhere in the world. Turn your products into appealing experiences as Starbucks does.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 14, 2013
Financial ratios allow us to analyze performance across the peer group (large against small companies) and across currencies. It is often reduced to be the Supply Chain Department that has been functionally defined to ONLY focus on a part of the supply chain like transportation, customer service or distribution planning.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Most budgets are completed in currency at a brand level. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement. Supply chain management requires good data at the mix level of an item/location.
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