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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. As a result, storing inventory closer to customers will eliminate shipping to higher zones, lowering time in transit (TNT) and improving shipping speeds. The higher the zone, the more expensive an order is to ship.

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. 2013 – Massive tornado packing 200 mph winds in the Oklahoma City area. Times have changed. 2015 – Nepal earthquake, 7.8