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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. That processing event determines when the goods need to be delivered to the next stop. An RFP is a data intensive exercise.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. Their time frame was short and resources limited.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might.

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Combating Intermodal Market Challenges & Costs

Talking Logistics

According to the Journal of Commerce , the ELD mandate is “making a bad situation worse for shippers,” and forcing them to “pay more, speed up loading and unloading, and dig deeper into routing guides to find capacity.” Rate Increases and Tightening Capacity. For example, can you ship on different, cheaper days of the week?

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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Logistics Manager

The consequences of a pandemic event are hard to predict,” says Koray Köse, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner. Logistics: Established hubs and supply networks may experience limitations in capacity and availability so that even if materials are available, they would be stuck elsewhere.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might.

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Here’s The Problem: Your Procurement Driven Transportation Sourcing Process Stinks!

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I was having lunch with a friend of mine who had recently conducted a transportation sourcing event. But today, when capacity is extremely tight, it’s the wrong approach and will produce awful results!”. There are plenty of companies using a flawed process in conducting their transportation sourcing events. By Mike Regan ·.