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6 Steps to conduct a freight spend analysis

FreightWaves SONAR

A freight spend analysis can help cut those extra costs. By doing so, carriers and experts pinpoint logistics cost contributors. Performing a freight spend analysis reveals extra costs deriving from unforeseen issues. Know the scope and value of a freight spend analysis. Gather data for the analysis.

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SONAR Indices & Insights: Improve Freight Shipping Procurement with SONAR SCI’s Lane Acuity Plus

FreightWaves SONAR

Supply chain professionals responsible for transportation procurement at Fortune 500 companies focus on three things – budget forecast accuracy, service scores and primary tender acceptance. Advancements in tender data science and paid market data now power SONAR SCI (Supply Chain Intelligence) Lane Acuity Plus.

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Are You Hesitant to Make the Move to a TMS?

Trinity Logistics

Having a TMS for your supply chain can help provide your company with greater visibility, better reporting, and improved performance through automating many manual processes. There’s a big difference between purchasing software to use from a company and working with a 3PL that offers it as a solution. GET MY FREE SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS.

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Lessons Learned from Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Ship Monk

billion, according to Adobe Analytics , up 7.5% Will consumers be reluctant to use credit cards for holiday purchases? For the first time, mobile purchases have overtaken desktop purchases. Shopify reports that sales were up 24% compared to last year, with 61 million consumers shopping globally this year.

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Shipping demand management: why enterprise shippers need in-depth insights

FreightWaves SONAR

Yes, the need for shipping demand analytics is not new and was echoed in 2013 by Industry Week , “Relying on traditional supply chain execution systems is becoming increasingly more difficult, with a mix of global operating systems, pricing pressures and ever-increasing customer expectations. That’s where data analytics comes in.”

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The fundamentals of demand planning and forecasting

EazyStock

If a product isn’t available for customers to purchase because it’s out of stock, they will likely turn to a competitor and might not return. Choose and implement demand planning software While you can do demand planning manually, managing data in multiple spreadsheets makes it harder to analyze and bring together usefully.

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The fundamentals of demand planning and forecasting

EazyStock

If a product isn’t available for customers to purchase because it’s out of stock, they will likely turn to a competitor and might not return. While you can do demand planning manually, managing data in multiple spreadsheets makes it harder to analyze and bring together usefully. Gather internal and external data.