Regardless of whether it’s mitigating the high costs of customer deliveries, reducing freight costs on incoming shipments, or merely reducing the costs on customer returns, all companies see reducing freight management costs as an essential part of improving profit.
Giving Salespeople Their Marching Orders
How does your company give its salespeople their marching orders? Do these discussions take place before your salespeople leave on a business trip, while they’re visiting customers, or once they return from a long, hard trip?
Lowering Vendor Managed Inventory Costs
One of the surest ways to reduce your company’s inventory costs is to use a vendor managed inventory agreement. Success or failure with these agreements is dependent upon strong cohesion between your purchasing department and its vendor base.
Mobility Solutions: Lower Purchase Costs
The “Great Recession,” as it’s now called, has certainly hit every company pretty hard. Demand is down, fuel costs are up and uncertainty abounds. Supply chain professionals understand that today’s fuel surcharges are just part of the day-to-day hassles of managing incoming shipments.
Can Rugged Handheld Computers Improve the Performance of Your Sales Team?
There are a myriad of books, courses, and training tools aimed at helping salespeople win more business. Some focus on improving B2B (business to business) customer relationships, some focus on…
Managing Customers as Assets with Enterprise Mobility Solutions
Can an argument be made that your customers are the greatest assets your company has? In order to answer this question, think of what a customer means to your business….
Carrying Costs Reductions with Supply Contracts
The right supply contract can effectively reduce your carrying costs, improve your vendor relationships and improve your company’s market position. Most Companies don’t take the time to define what their…