A Spirited disaster
The perils of transport infrastructure
How to improve margins in transport and logistics (T&L) in an increasingly challenging environment is something I humbly touched upon a month ago*, when drawing from my own land-based experience in supply chain down under, I looked at budgetary challenges for all of us.
(*Rest assured, my previous observations were applicable elsewhere, given macroeconomic/T&L trends and frictions.)
An extension to that coverage, however, is how to maintain profitability at the budgeted levels that your board and shareholders expect in ...
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