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How a Single Standard Container Cut Shipping Costs 40 Percent
Episode 103 of The Operator's Manual examines a mundane but massively impactful logistics decision: standardizing on a single container size for inbound parts. Lucas and Luna walk through how a mid-size electronics manufacturer reduced freight costs by 40 percent, eliminated repacking labor, and cut inventory errors — all by doing one counterintuitive thing: refusing to accept non-standard packaging from suppliers. The episode drills into the specific negotiation tactic used, the data that made it stick, and why most operations teams overcomplicate something this simple. A concrete…
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