{"id":1612,"date":"2019-07-03T12:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T10:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartvco.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:55:42","slug":"what-is-better-a-pricelist-of-spot-quotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartvco.com\/en\/what-is-better-a-pricelist-of-spot-quotations\/","title":{"rendered":"What is better: a pricelist or spot quotations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">Companies adopt different systems for managing transport providers and routes assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">The methods can be divided into two groups:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">spot<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">: a specific tender is organized for each shipment;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">agreed price lists<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">: price lists are negotiated periodically with one or more suppliers. When the need for a shipment arises, it is assigned to the preselected supplier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1609\" src=\"http:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/large_MondoTruck_FOTO1-FOTOTITOLO-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/large_MondoTruck_FOTO1-FOTOTITOLO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/large_MondoTruck_FOTO1-FOTOTITOLO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/large_MondoTruck_FOTO1-FOTOTITOLO.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">Both types of management show <b>advantages<\/b> and <b>disadvantages<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Md BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">What are they? The scheme summarizes the differentiating elements between the two strategies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1614\" src=\"http:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Immagine_eng-300x132.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Immagine_eng-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Immagine_eng-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Immagine_eng-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/smartvco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Immagine_eng.png 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #008181; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Futura Bk BT',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">To learn more about the methods that fit your company at best, a free check-up is available: to request it, send an email to info@smartvco.com indicating in the subject the code S07.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies adopt different systems for managing transport providers and routes assignment. 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