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5 Reasons How RFPs Help in Selecting the Right Logistics Technology Platform For Your Enterprise-Level Business

Locus

Enter the Request for Proposal (RFP): a strategic tool that goes beyond mere vendor selection. This exercise not only helps internal stakeholders align on project goals and business outcomes but also signals to solution providers exactly what is expected of them. How to resolve this conundrum?

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. We did not have a great spot tool.” A procurement tool can help shippers get better rates. But just because you can use a tool like Emerge to drive transportation savings, that does not mean cost should be determinative.

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TEST Shipping Data: How Machine Learning, AI, Automation & Chatbots Create Hyper Efficiency

RPA Labs

Robotic process automation (RPA) leverages innovative software tools that can either partially or fully automate human activities to become more efficient and productive. Trying to meet current market demands with obsolete systems is an exercise in futility, and that is causing many shippers, carriers, and forwarders to struggle.

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The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

For many years P&G has had an initiative to foster supply chain “citizen developers ” to extend their digital transformation by using their own skills to create tools, rather than relying on IT. Generative AI may be the gateway to seamless computer collaboration with a user interface far beyond what we experience today.

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Port of Antwerp uses fixed-wing drones

Logistics Business Magazine

The collaboration, which also included the Waasland Emergency Assistance Zone and the Antwerp Fire Brigade Zone, tested out various use cases. The experience gained in incident management will lead to even more efficient collaboration. As a tool, this will enhance the work carried out by the entire port community.

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Shipping Data: How Machine Learning, AI, Automation & Chatbots Create Hyper Efficiency

RPA Labs

Robotic process automation (RPA) leverages innovative software tools that can either partially or fully automate human activities to become more efficient and productive. Trying to meet current market demands with obsolete systems is an exercise in futility, and that is causing many shippers, carriers, and forwarders to struggle.

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TEST Shipping Data: How Machine Learning, AI, Automation & Chatbots Create Hyper Efficiency

RPA Labs

Robotic process automation (RPA) leverages innovative software tools that can either partially or fully automate human activities to become more efficient and productive. Trying to meet current market demands with obsolete systems is an exercise in futility, and that is causing many shippers, carriers, and forwarders to struggle.