Cost-to-Serve is one of the most critical measures of a supply chain. Keeping profitable customers is the key to continued growth for any organization, regardless of size or industry. Cost-to-Serve involves linking the costs of logistics activities together in order to enable proper allocation to products, customers, and channels. In a recent Aberdeen Report (www.aberdeen.com), […]
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It’s easy to get caught up in what in hindsight are obvious scams in the logistics. With a recent increase in customers informing us about fraud courier companies taking money upfront for deliveries that never happen, we provide some guidelines you can take to minimise the risks of being caught out. Customers have informed us
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Plagued by delays and opposition at home, the World Cup in Brazil might be a turning point for sporting mega-events, forcing soccer’s governing body and the International Olympic Committee to accept less ambitious bids to reduce the risk of public backlash. Described by Brazil’s government as “the Cup to end all Cups,” the tournament kicked
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Shanghai’s pilot free trade zone (FTZ) will further open up to foreign-invested certification bodies, the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has announced. This is provided in the “reply to issues concerning approval and regulation of foreign-invested certification bodies in the free trade zone of Shanghai” issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection
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Despite missing the original March 1 deadline to formally register an interest in hosting the fifth edition of the Championships, the ISAF has confirmed to insidethegames that Busan’s late bid has been ratified following a meeting of the ISAF 2018 World Championships Evaluation Panel in Southampton yesterday. Busan will now join Aarhus in Denmark, The
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The Chinese have a saying: “Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.” They have proven it over the years, especially on the world business stage, with Chinese companies becoming dominant global players in various sectors. Now, they are facing their toughest test.China has set its sights on commercial aeroplane manufacturing – a sector that has
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