Cost Management

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The SCOR framework provides a model of process excellence that allows the Brazilian Post Office to optimize its logistics operations, positioning it to successfully compete with smaller, more agile private logistics firms.

As businesses are scrutinizing every dollar spent on logistics and transportation, it makes sense to understand exactly where costs are being incurred.

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Many organizations still focus on cost savings to the detriment of a holistic view of constraints, they base design and engineering decisions on what looks like it will save money rather than the costs of instituting these changes.

Recently, Whirlpool’s management took a more customer-centric approach to analyzing its supply chain and began benchmarking its supply chain against other companies to identify “best in class” practices.

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Transportation management: Improving delivery performance, increasing efficiency, and reducing freight costs to drive tangible bottom-line benefits.

This report will illustrate the requirements for developing a strategic sourcing organization today, and how to create a roadmap for success into the future.

Cost management has taken on increasing importance in all aspects of the business. And in no part of the business is it any more critical than in procurement and sourcing activities. In this article, professor Wendy Tate of the University of Tennessee explains the principles and techniques that enable effective cost management as part of an overall strategic sourcing approach.