Roundup Fulfillment & Operations 15 Bottom-Line-Boosting

Takeaway tip: Periodically get competitive bids on your inbound freight business. Tracking inbound freight receipts and scheduling frees up your dockyard and provides the chance to schedule receiving personnel when needed.

12. Manage outbound freight. With carrier cost hikes of 3 percent to 5 percent annually, and outbound freight rates of 8 percent to 12 percent of net sales, such expenses often comprise the first area to get questioned when cost reductions are needed.