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Guest Commentary, Transportation

Guest Commentary: 4 Essentials of Total Transportation Cost (One Piece of Total Landed Cost)

As I noted in a recent blog posting, it’s not easy to accurately calculate total landed costs (TLC). But it’s the best way to understand your business at the subatomic level, find process gaps, and optimize your supply chain in…

Chris O'Brien
08/23/2012

Cloud/Software-as-a-Service, Global Trade, Global Trade Management Solutions, Logistics Technologies

Is it possible to accurately calculate Total Landed Costs?

There was a terrific article in this month’s Supply Chain Management Review by John Ferreira and Len Prokopets from Archstone Consulting (“Does offshoring still make sense?”). The article highlights some key findings from a survey Archstone and SCMR conducted with…

Steve Banker
02/02/2009