Events Examples Procurement Transportation 
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
OCTOBER 20, 2022
At the same time, a retailer whose product demand drops sharply has less need for transportation capacity and therefore tenders lower volumes to contracted carriers. The frequency of RFP events is only one area that can be improved as shippers look for a better way to manage freight procurement processes.
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Talking Logistics
APRIL 2, 2018
Since last summer the warning signs have been there that shippers would be facing tighter capacity and increased transportation costs this year. As the dust has settled in Q1 of this year, many shippers have now gone out to bid through procurement processes. Procurement’s Not the Only Answer. Shippers No Longer in Denial.
Transporeon
JANUARY 25, 2018
In the case of an Amway multivitamin, for example, the company controls the process “from seed to supplement,” transporting raw materials to manufacturing sites in the U.S., The company began searching for a better way to procure freight and manage bids. We needed very little support,” says Clark. “We
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Multinationals knew that events could occur that could cost them tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars.
FreightWaves SONAR
MARCH 15, 2021
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.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 8, 2022
Emerge has an interesting new platform to deal with the problems shippers are having procuring truck capacity. The vocabulary used in transportation can be confusing. Shippers” are companies that have goods that need to be transported. Google maps would be an example of this kind of application. But shippers lack trucks.
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