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title: How can I get the right terms with the right logistics partners?
description: Ensure optimal logistics partnerships with the best terms for your business. Gain visibility, compare rates and service levels, and make data-backed decisions to improve performance.
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# How to ensure you have the right terms in your logistics partnerships

Getting the best terms from your logistics providers is crucial for serving your customers as efficiently as possible. Without visibility into benchmarked rates, you'll be at a disadvantage compared to your competitors, lacking the data needed to compare service levels and prices on a like-for-like basis. This can result in less than optimal service levels and higher costs.

Our platform ingests, combines, and organises your provider data, to show you a clear and informative overview of your network to ensure the best terms for your business needs. 

## Get the best terms for your business

![Explore data Green Icon](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/Icons/Explore%20data%20Green%20Icon.svg)

Consolidate your supplier data to reveal critical information

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Get bespoke recommendations based on your business constraints, and strategic plan

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Find the best terms on the market, ensure the right shipping methods are applied and products delivered on time to your customers

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Prioritise emissions and emissions reporting

## Gain comparative insights from similar companies

![Visibility Icon Coral](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/Icons/Visibility%20Icon%20Coral.svg)

Our platform ingests, combines, and organises your provider data, to show you a clear and informative overview of your network.

![Explore data Coral Icon](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/Icons/Explore%20data%20Coral%20Icon.svg)

You can gain a clear overview of your supply chain's performance, receive recommendations for improvement, and find the best rates on the market.

## Key benefits

![Rates](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/sbr01/baseline-and-benchmarking/Rates.svg)

Secure the best rates from providers and avoid disappointments with SLAs, excess emissions, and costs

![doc-icon](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/sbr01/baseline-and-benchmarking/doc-icon.svg)

Organise your provider data to offer a clear overview of your network

![visibility coral icon](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/Icons/visibility%20coral%20icon.svg)

Gain pivotal information about your supply chain, including current performance, recommendations, and competitive benchmarking

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Assess on-time delivery performance, lane usage, and other key metrics about your providers

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Offers alternative suggestions for optimal shipping methods, average cost per demand, and other criteria based on current contracts and business constraints, including specific specialty conditions

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Provides a comprehensive comparison of performance factors, anonymised peer and competitor rates, and an annual total figure of potential spend

## Improve your network based on important performance factors

Find the most optimal terms and shipping methods for your needs. With full visibility across your operations, you can make smarter, data-backed decisions to help improve your logistics performance. Our use cases cover things like:

![7bridges platform GIFs - optimise B&B simulations](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/Platform%20Images/7bridges%20platform%20GIFs%20-%20optimise%20B%26B%20simulations.gif "7bridges platform GIFs - optimise B&B simulations")

![improve coral icon](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/Icons/improve%20coral%20icon.svg)

How can I use benchmarking data to optimise my supply chain network?

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Where do I find all of my provider's data consolidated, ready to be used?

![ROI](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/sbr01/baseline-and-benchmarking/ROI.svg)

How do I calculate the cost to serve?

![redtruckIcon](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/sbr01/automation-layer/redtruckIcon.svg)

How do I ensure that I am fulfilling my orders, automatically in the optimal way?

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How can I optimise my supply chain network to improve service performance?

[ See all use cases ](https://www.the7bridges.com/use-case-video-library?hsLang=en)

![img-left](https://www.the7bridges.com/hubfs/sbr01/baseline-and-benchmarking/img-left.svg)

## Discover our platform

Talk to our team to discover how to ensure the best terms for your business requirements!

[ Click here ](https://www.the7bridges.com/contact-us?hsLang=en)

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