FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

Enterprise shippers and freight shipping managers have to plan and prepare for many processes and events that have yet to occur. Outlook and predictive planning are a big part of successful supply chain operations. This is particularly true for truckload shipping procurement. Poor data analytics cause disruptions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

Food Logistics and sister publication Supply & Demand Chain Executive also operate SCN Summit and Women in Supply Chain Forum. Key Takeaways: The Next Frontier in Food Logistics Alexis Mizell-Pleasant is managing editor at Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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. Flexibility to schedule rate bid events based on business needs. Some items on a shipper’s “Wish List” for freight procurement are flexibility, visibility, and efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2024

These solutions use natural language processing, for example, to read online publications and other data sources, make sense of what they read, contextualize the data into information, and report supply chain disruptions caused by weather, geopolitical events and other hazards in near real-time.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process? More to the point, though, for S&OP to be effective, it matters not whether a company uses Excel spreadsheets or the latest best-of-breed sales and operations planning software.

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3PL Links

APRIL 29, 2024

It will be essential to prepare for and welcome them, particularly in the context of the difficult supply chain and procurement environments. In the supply chain domain, technology functions similar to Prometheus’ fire, shedding light on management and increasing cost transparency and operational efficiency.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2023

Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. FreightWaves Events. When she’s not writing about 3PLs you can find her in the cold chain world hosting Running on Ice. Mary on Twitter.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 2, 2018

As the dust has settled in Q1 of this year, many shippers have now gone out to bid through procurement processes. Efficiency of operations in securing capacity, as well as customer service issues, are also important, especially if you’ve had to go deeper into your routing guides or out to the spot market to cover loads.

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Transporeon

JANUARY 25, 2018

The challenge For many years, Amway had used a generic sourcing tool that only facilitated communications with the company’s carriers rather than providing access to a supplier database and a collaborative environment to conduct sourcing events. The company began searching for a better way to procure freight and manage bids.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past few years, supply chain and procurement pros have faced the challenge of navigating their enterprises through one disruption after another. Despite their best efforts, current events and market dynamics caught up with them, leading to issues managing their suppliers and sourcing the materials needed for their products.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. Cooper uses this solution to improve their service levels and operational efficiencies. A customer of the risk solutions begins by listing key suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Sourcing and procurement comes in close second at 88 percent, followed by innovation at 87 percent. Sourcing and Procurement In sourcing and procurement, the top focus area for 2024 continues to be supplier/vendor relationship management (SRM). This is an important time for the supply chain profession.

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CLX Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2023

Matt sheds light on how labor disputes in Canada have affected CLX’s operations and customers and led to a shift towards all-water routes to the East Coast, bypassing rail and mitigating the impact of the strikes.

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Log-hub

MARCH 13, 2024

. “Our AI-powered Supply Chain Apps are designed to empower businesses across various industries to achieve operational excellence and drive tangible cost savings.” The event covers a comprehensive range of themes in the sector, spanning from procurement to production and deliveries.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is the second part of Chuck Intrieri's series on how procurement and suppliers can avoid issues with their contracts. Procurement and suppliers often assume that small print is highly complicated legal jargon that is both boring and largely irrelevant. How to Begin Your Terms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Todd Trompeter is the Vice President of Logistics Operations for BlueGrace Logistics overseeing the implementation and operations of the organization’s Managed Logistics customers, in turn driving process, strategy and retention for these clients. He enjoys to skiing, playing hockey and attending family sporting events on the weekends.

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Trinity Logistics

MARCH 1, 2024

2023 ‘Fiercely Good Award’ is to recognize our colleagues that embrace being fearless business owners, boldly innovative, deeply committed, and fiercely good,” said Tilde Zimmerman, Transportation Procurement Director at BlueTriton Brands, Inc. “In “The BlueTriton Brands, Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

in turn, is a boutique procurement consultancy. Professionals from procurement, compliance, logistics, sustainability, information-security and several other internal stakeholder all use the solution for different reasons. As a first step, we’re operating a “lean” Control-Tower within our supplier relationship management system.

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IoT World Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Thought-leaders from across the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem are set for one of the largest in-person events of the year in Silicon Valley next week. Attendees at IoT World Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, on November 3 and 4 can also expect to conduct peer-to-peer business and visit the major exhibit area at the event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2022

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) continues to rank driver shortages, driver retention, and the costs of extensive regulatory compliance on carrier operations as top concerns for carriers. A vast majority of shippers still use spreadsheets and emails to conduct Request for Proposal (RFP) or bid events.

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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.

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CLX Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The four quadrants are Challengers, Leaders, Niche Players, and Visionaries—all representing different companies at different stages in their operations. When evaluating transportation management systems, Gartner looks for seven core TMS capabilities: Strategic freight sourcing and procurement. Visibility and event management.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Carriers operate on thin margins and giving rates that are good for one year can be a very dangerous proposition, especially in these volatile times. The fine folks at Emerge have reinvented freight procurement by developing a technology platform specifically made for managing freight RFPs. Step 3 – Create an RFP event.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

As a prestigious senior level leadership event, it gathers over 150 supply chain executives and influential decision-makers including CEOs, SVPs, VPs and directors. The European Supply Chain Summit, organized by Generis Group, is set to take place on November 21st and 22nd, 2023, in the vibrant city of Berlin, Germany.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2023

At the ARC Industry Leadership Forum in February, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Delligatti, Director of Digital Supply Chain Transformation at SDI , to discuss the pandemic, Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO), and the future of supply chain management. I asked John to give some deeper insights on a few key points.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 2, 2023

The following are six key challenges faced by medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can transform operations—from regulatory compliance to supply chain optimization. ERP analytics also facilitate the management of the purchasing process through the requisition approval workflow, streamlining procurement activities.

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3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The complexity of retail logistics has increased with the growth of e-commerce, requiring retailers to be more strategic and efficient in their operations. Inventory Management Inventory management is the procurement, storage, and selling of a company’s inventory.

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CLX Logistics

JULY 26, 2021

Here are the main features of modern supply chain analytics solutions and services that help shippers optimize freight procurement, bidding, and benchmarking. Procurement Event Strategies. Not every platform offers expert-enhanced procurement event strategies on top of a digital platform! Network Risk Assessments.

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Trimble

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Jonah McIntire, Director Procurement and Chief Network Officer at Transporeon, said: “Freight brokers and logistics service providers have faced an uphill battle when competing in the spot market, navigating time-consuming manual price negotiations and freight auction portals.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 7, 2020

Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. Enough stockholdings of strategically significant commodities is critically important for national resilience, just as they are for military operations. Australian consumers are fearful.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

Here are some interesting highlights: Justification Is Key Interestingly enough, one of the most important drivers for market intelligence is justifying procurement decisions or operational decisions to internal stakeholders, like executive teams, or to customers. While this isn’t news to me, the importance it took on was.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

The BG innovation center is an operating warehouse where the development team creates, tests, and enhances its solutions. Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration.

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CLX Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The elements of a comprehensive shipping management platform are varied, ranging from RFID inventory management tools to minimize errors in documentation to shipping status tools that provide delivery updates to scheduling and planning tools for streamlining operations and improving customer service. Procurement, Benchmarking, and Bidding.

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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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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Cranfield’s Professor Michael Bourlakis ( pictured ), Director of Research for Cranfield School of Management and the Director of the Centre of Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, commented: “Logistics and supply chain operations have been hit by a series of major impacts over recent years.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 24, 2023

As the industry struggles to recover from the unprecedented global events of 2020, recognizing budget limitations is essential for industry growth and success. This sector covers important activities relating to procurement, transport, and storage of goods. The supply chain operates on roughly an 18-month cycle.

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