DC Velocity - January 2019

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Do you know your actual “cost to serve” for each customer? Most companies can measure gross margin contributions for customer or store sales orders. But when it gets down to the specific costs of servicing those orders, it becomes a little grayer, says blogger Richard Sharpe. Often, the incremental and variable costs associated with fulfilling those orders are buried, which can cause companies to miss out on significant savings opportunities. To learn how one company parlayed a “cost to serve” initiative into $3.2 million in transportation savings, read his post at https://blogs.dcvelocity.com/big_data/.

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