35 articles
Finance
Why the Control phase fails in logistics, how accessorial charges are read against the contract that governs them, and where the line falls between drafting a demurrage dispute and filing one.
Retail Logistics
How to get through a retail promotional peak: spare carrier capacity, cross-docking the fast-moving stock, and a returns plan written before the peak rather than after it.
International Trade
How FOB and CIF divide liability, insurance and freight cost between buyer and seller — and why paying for the insurance is not the same as carrying the risk.
Supply Chain Strategy
How to score your supply chain across five levels, compare yourself with the right peers, and turn the result into a plan you can fund.
Procurement
Most procurement functions can see less of enterprise spend than they think, and the rest is where off-contract buying lives. How to measure your own share, and what spend analytics reads: maverick purchasing, contract leakage and price variance between business units.
