Are there agreed price or margin levels for the sales and pricing department to work with?
Are you aware of all the management fees associated with shipping and freight forwarding?
Do you use a shipping system that is integrated to ERP, WMS and Freight Forwarder systems?
Do your payment systems automatically integrate with your booking and accounting systems?
Have you considered whether a mix of policy options would be more effective and efficient?
How to deal with the sharing of functions or elements of various networks or technologies?
Is it easier to sell deeper into an existing account or go out and sign up a new customer?
What are some factors that affect your organizations role in supporting your organization?
What contemporary technologies are available and appropriate to efficiently fill the gaps?
Will your existing infrastructure fail to support the exponential demand on your network?
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