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? Often, in our experience, the problem is a human one… It’s not the data, not the process, not the technology, or the strategy, but the people. Who’s Who in the S&OP Process?

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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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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

However, following these 10 practices can help you learn how to reduce spend in the procurement supply chain. Cloud-based systems offer many benefits throughout the procurement supply chain, reports Procurious HQ. Consider Cyber Security Concerns in the Procurement Supply Chain. Use External Benchmarking Tools.

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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. Surviving The LTL Market with Todd Trompeter. About Todd Trompeter. and 15000 lbs.

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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. This strategy begins much earlier in the supply chain process for optimal results. However, not all technologies are the same.

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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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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. Large companies often turn to Gartner and its reports to support their strategies and influence the vendor selection process. Visibility and event management. Settlement.

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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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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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Risk events that happen in one part of the supply chain can cause a disruptive effect that is amplified multi-fold given the complex connectivity of labor, raw materials, and capacity. Inflation, pandemics, railway strikes, adverse weather events – the supply chain disruptions keep on coming.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

transportation, warehousing) or materials – direct, indirect, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations), goods for resale. Leading organizations are deploying cloud based technologies to launch sourcing events, invite bids, and employ sophisticated combinatorial optimization techniques to evaluate bids, and down select suppliers.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? Amazon did not invent the random storage approach.

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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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Conger

MARCH 28, 2024

Telematics : With telematics, operators can display real-time vehicle diagnostics that help to enhance efficiency and decision-making. This data helps in identifying areas for improvement, optimizing operations, and making data-driven decisions. By eliminating manual processes, businesses can achieve greater operational efficiency.

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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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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

Autonomous Quotation generates quotes based on companies’ individual quotation strategies. With Rate Benchmark, users can easily spot opportunities and make informed procurement and pricing decisions and improve tenders. Automating the process can also unlock cost-savings by minimising the manual work involved in the quotation process.

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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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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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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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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

Whether to relocate supply or manufacturing from China to another low-cost country or switch to a near-shoring or re-shoring strategy is not a decision to take lightly. In 2019, close to 25% of all German companies, including Adidas and Puma, had announced plans to remove operations from the People’s Republic.

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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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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 Business Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

The presentations will deliver fresh insights into the ways supply chain strategies are shifting to meet the myriad challenges presented by changing consumer buying patterns, environmental issues and the ongoing workforce crisis. There is also a pressing need to ensure sustainability in every sense.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The best of the best also differentiate their recruitment strategy – for example, according to generations or potential groups such as newcomers or foreign workers. Executives are also increasingly investigating how they can implement strategies from the circular economy so that fewer goods are destroyed.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The supply chain has been choked by so many events,” it continues, “such as the Suez Canal blockage, and market dynamics like labor shortages and the spike in transportation costs that it feels like there’s been one ‘black swan’ event after another.”. Digitalization also helps streamline and automate time-consuming operations (e.g.,

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

Transporeon has kicked off its largest event and convention for the audience of carriers, 3PL and 4PL operators and forwarders. This new tool helps to create further transparency on the European FTL market enabling better-informed procurement strategies for shippers as well as increased asset profitability for carriers.

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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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Radius Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Risk Assessment in Logistics and Supply Chain Management In an increasingly complex and globalized world, logistics and supply chain operations face a multitude of risks. From sudden weather disruptions to geopolitical events, the challenges can be diverse and unexpected. Ready to bulletproof your logistics operations?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. To accomplish this, 10,000 supply chain associates worked with 450 global vendors who operate over 600 factories.

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Blue Grace 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. Todd Trompeter and Joe Lynch discuss surviving the LTL market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The same advanced technologies that can help companies attain these long-term strategic goals also enable logistics teams to operate faster, smarter, more agilely and more profitably every day. How can logistics teams hope to focus on these priorities, when too often they are struggling just to complete daily tasks and deliver on time?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

OTR freight represents a long-standing aspect of supply chain operations and transportation management. One of the most critical aspects of strong OTR freight management and operations is proper carrier collaboration and partnerships. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight . Reducing Reliance on Outdated Systems and Technology .

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

This means companies that normally operate in or have access to these countries have lost access to markets of about 180 million people. You will need to engage your procurement, sourcing, and finance teams as part of such an effort. This has resulted in massive spikes in demand for basic necessities in these countries.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

” podcast, Dooner brings 16 years of industry experience in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. Good serves as an advisor, consultant, influencer, and evangelist for all things procurement. He brings 30 years of experience leading organizations as the founder, president, and CEO of Procurement Pros Group, LLC. .

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Turvo

MAY 21, 2020

Used properly, collaboration enables better procurement, efficient shipment management, transparency, proactiveness, improved customer experience around delivery, and a team prepared to handle reverse logistics management. Collaboration is perhaps the most widely discussed and recognizable topic in the modern supply chain.

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