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Client Testimonial
"BridgeNet has delivered on their promise to deliver savings through audit services and recommendations that provide real solutions to maximizing small parcel cost opportunities."
Bill Mellin
Vice President Operations
Maurice Sporting Goods
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Bridgenet Solutions January 2010 Newsletter
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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| January 2010 Newsletter | | | Consolidating Carriers and Staying Compliant: Key to Success in 2010 | | As you look at 2010 and your supply chain, it is extremely important to understand the carriers' agendas and focal points for this year. Topping the list on many carriers' agendas for 2010 will be one key item that can greatly benefit the shipper: single sourcing, or, becoming the sole provider for each of their accounts in the parcel arena. Recent market intelligence shows that in the current economy, all carriers are seeking not only to remain the incumbent, but to become the sole provider for each account they currently share with their competition. Becoming a client's sole provider has always been a point of emphasis for carriers, but now, it is a key focal point. This benefits the shipper because the incentives carriers are willing to offer in order to gain additional bundled volume have dramatically increased. ...Read More | | eyefortransport's Logistics Technology Report for 2010 | | When deciding to upgrade or purchase supply chain IT/Technology, eyefortransport found the following motivators through its survey of 130 logistics professionals: |
| | | A Note on Considering Small Changes to Create Cost Savings without Reducing Rates, from BridgeNet Solutions' President, Niko Michas: | | | The focus of this month's newsletter stems from recent discussions with carriers regarding companies' current rate-lowering tactics. The general opinion of carriers across the board is that there is only so much squeezing a company can do to a ratebefore a reduction in the carrier's profits starts to dip into the costs associated with servicing the client. While in the past, rate reductions were fairly easy for shippers to achieve, carriers cannot continue to operate effectively this way, for obvious reasons, essentially forcing shippers to get more creative in how they create cost savings throughout their supply chain. Fortunately, there are many creative ways to achieve leaner supply chains that won't adversely affect your carrier's ability to serve, and that won't require you to invest in pricy warehouse management systems or costly Six Sigma projects. ...Read More | | January Poll | | |  | | | | | | |
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