Events Examples Exercises Procurement 
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Procurement ran a request for proposal event.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. In light of all of this, I’d posit we can no longer look at the events of the last year as an aberration. The impact?
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247 Customs Broker
MARCH 26, 2018
I was having lunch with a friend of mine who had recently conducted a transportation sourcing event. At first, he didn’t like my honest response: “Jim, you’re using a commodity-oriented procurement process for selecting your carriers and third-party providers. Third, many procurement processes suffer from confirmation bias.
Transporeon
MARCH 13, 2017
Procurement professionals, if you are considering a transition from manual and Excel-based RF(x) to online automated e-sourcing platforms, here is the information you need to mitigate fear, uncertainty and doubt in your supplier base. But feedback from suppliers on the available procurement automation platforms tends toward the negative.
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 4, 2022
The benefit of this is that you’ll be in a more proactive state when unforeseen events or crises arise with minimal warning. It will also make it easier to determine, for example, if you should opt for contract rates over spot rates or vice versa. Alternatively, you can procure access to a digital freight benchmarking platform.
FourKites
JANUARY 7, 2021
The COVID pandemic may have been an extreme example of what can go wrong, but it also underscored the importance of planning and decision-making in the event of sudden disruptions that upend the normal working of the complicated modern supply chain apparatus. How to Create an Agile Supply Chain Model.
Logistics Bureau
AUGUST 1, 2022
So, for example, the Head of Supply might be the Supply Chain Director, Supply Chain Manager, or another non-executive supply chain management specialist. The heads of the sales and marketing departments are also the ones who schedule sales events and promotions. The Supply Chain Head. The Executive Sponsor.
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