Elise Lovejoy, the new logistics coordinator at Spartan Plastics was looking at issue of how to get increasing shipping costs under control. Currently, the firm was servicing three major customers by shipping daily to each with separate LTL shipments. Elsie had asked for proposals from carriers regarding alternatives that might be less costly, Specifically, she received two proposals which she thought were logical options to consider>
1. What are the cost implications of each delivery option?
2. What are the qualitative and service characteristics of each delivery option?
3. Based on your analysis, what would you recommend?