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Navigating Market Uncertainty with Sarah Bertram

The Logistics of Logistics

She brings almost 20 years of supply chain and benchmarking experience to DAT, where she is focused on providing actionable insights to shippers through DAT’s Benchmark Analytics and Rateview benchmarking tools. The platform offers a wide range of features and tools to help shippers find available carriers and carriers find available loads.

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Predicting Unpredictability: Expert Advice for 2024 Freight Operations, Benchmarking, and Procurement Preparation

CLX Logistics

When looking ahead to the future, it’s crucial to reflect on the past year, identify emerging trends, and strengthen strategies for benchmarking and procurement. It’s not just a tool but a strategic partner in improving procurement and benchmarking. Are you choosing carriers that offer the most competitive rates?

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Editor’s Choice: AI in Supply Chains: Which Data is ‘Just Right’ for Your Business?

Logistics Viewpoints

Collaborate across departments: Engage stakeholders from different departments within the organization – not just supply chain management including logistics and procurement but sales, marketing, and finance. Assess the quality, granularity, timeliness, and relevance of each data source to determine its suitability for AI-driven analysis.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. I saw how their platform unified finance and procurement activities, but not supply chain. Coupa meets this definition. The use cases just keep expanding.

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A Shipper’s Guide to Seamless Operations

FreightWaves SONAR

This plan ensures that supply meets demand in a way that maximizes profitability and service levels. Efficient transportation planning can significantly impact a company’s ability to meet its S&OP goals. Enhanced customer service: Timely and reliable transportation is crucial for meeting customer expectations.

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Maximize Ecommerce Supplier Relationships

Ship Monk

The fact is, most business owners think of procurement as nothing more than a transactional relationship. SRM is more than a one-and-done analysis. Steps to Implementing SRM If you deal with a lot of vendors, investing in SRM software will help you more easily manage the data and make it available to stakeholders for analysis.

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Schneider Electric’s Works with EcoVadis to Drive Supplier Emissions Engagment

Logistics Viewpoints

As corporations announce plans to be Net Zero across their end-to-end supply chain at some point in the future – often 2050 – they then need their suppliers to participate in helping them meet their goals. Analysis of what is reported may suggest that a supplier has not been totally forthcoming in what they have reported on the platform.