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These 7 Industrial Procurement Trends will Impact Supply Chain & Logistics in 2018

GlobalTranz

Procurement must never be an afterthought in any enterprise. The answers to these questions lie in understanding a few of the top industrial procurement trends to expect in 2018. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.

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5 Things to Look for When Vetting Logistics Transportation Services

GlobalTranz

Focus on Carrier Procurement and Management. Since a transportation management services provider’s whole business is transportation, any selection process must also focus on what that entity does to procure and manage its carriers. Download the White Paper: Transportation Optimization: Its Strategic Role in Transportation Management.

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Use of Blockchain in Supply Chain & Logistics: Looking to Examples Across Industries for Better Understanding

GlobalTranz

GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER. Blockchain is entering a phase of development that will affect every aspect of supply chain and logistics management, ranging from procurement to forward logistics and beyond.

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What Is Transportation Optimization and What Does It Have to Do With Managed Transportation

GlobalTranz

Carrier procurement and management processes to handle initial vetting and qualification through ongoing management with carrier scorecards to ensure freight cost reductions occur, which are key benefits to working with a company like GlobalTranz that has 50,000+ carriers active within its system. Learn More.

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Building the Business Case for Supply Chain Risk Management

GlobalTranz

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download White Paper. Besides, these risks are much more serious (for example, there were about 134,000 reported cyber-attacks on businesses in 2017 , or almost 50 percent increase from 2016). GET YOUR COPY HERE.

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How LTL shipping rates work and how to track trends developing in long-term pricing agreements

FreightWaves SONAR

Generally, it follows the same basic process: Take the dimensional weight, for example, with a package that’s estimated to be eight pounds after calculating its dimensional volume and dividing that value by the DIM factor. In this example, the shipping rate would be based on the DIM pricing weight of eight pounds.

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Why accurate predictive freight rates are only possible with holistic and real-time data

FreightWaves SONAR

Failures to understand the severity of the problem can quickly amount to massive waste across different sectors, particularly in transportation procurement and execution. . To further drill into this example, consider an individual lane with high market volatility. Download the White Paper.

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