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Watch Trimble’s Engage Lane Demo from Future of Freight Festival 2022

Trimble

During the event, Rishi Mehra, director of operations and strategy, and Kelly Williams, product manager, had just seven minutes to present a Rapid-Fire Demo of Engage Lane: an agile transportation procurement platform that streamlines the relationship between carriers and shippers and helps them uncover better ways to move freight.

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7 ways technology augments effective procurement in the shipping industry

FreightWaves SONAR

Load capacity limits play a crucial part in a supply chain network organization, logistics metrics management, and procurement in the shipping industry. Freight management parties need to understand why procurement falters without technology and how technology can boost sourcing across all industries.

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Integration Chatbot: How Forwarders Can Streamline Procurement

RPA Labs

With minimal capacity at maximum cost, freight forwarders are looking for ways to streamline procurement, and leveraging an integration chatbot is one way to achieve that goal. Boost Procurement With the Integration of Chatbot s in Forwarding Systems. Challenges in Sourcing Transportation Capacity.

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The Amplio Story with Trey Closson

The Logistics of Logistics

Amplio helps you meet your production goals by removing procurement roadblocks – the software assesses your BOMs’ sourcing risk, locates inventory for you, and recommends optimal purchasing strategy so that you get the components you need at the best price. Streamline procurement. Schedule an Amplio Demo.

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Truckload Shipping Procurement: How Large Data Sets/AI Aid in Pricing and Capacity Outlooks

FreightWaves SONAR

This is particularly true for truckload shipping procurement. Read on to see how these innovations can help with truckload shipping procurement. Shipping managers continue to struggle with capacity procurement during this time of industry-wide disruption . Truckload shipping procurement needs to include all legs of the trip.

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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. harder to procure capacity at the benchmark rate per mile ) in both the outbound and inbound directions.

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Freight market data size matters: 5 key hallmarks of data sets that improve transportation procurement

FreightWaves SONAR

Transportation procurement remains a major problem for enterprises faced with the need for faster and more extensive capacity. Let’s take a closer look at the five key hallmarks of quality data sets that can improve transportation procurement. Increase transportation procurement with FreightWaves SONAR.