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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Containers wait at each ship node for the chassis. We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. Manage Make, Source, and Deliver Together. Invest in analytics to sense and translate demand. Volume is up. Container inventory is imbalanced. What to do?

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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Containers wait at each ship node for the chassis. We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. Manage Make, Source, and Deliver Together. Invest in analytics to sense and translate demand. Volume is up. Container inventory is imbalanced. What to do?

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Why Digitalizing Sourcing is a Must for Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The key to this lies with sourcing. Before diving further, let us define what sourcing is. Sourcing is the practice of finding and selecting suppliers for a range of services (e.g., Traditional sourcing practices tend to be highly manual and are fraught with latencies and inefficiencies. Digitalizing sourcing (i.e.,

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Navigate Shipping Landscape with Proactive Analytics

Talking Logistics

While we live in an age where same-day delivery and free shipping have become customer expectations, we also live in an age where dimensional weighting and quarterly accessorial increases have become a reality from the carrier. Although very informative in their own right, retrospective analytics cannot undo the past.

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Agile Strategic Sourcing for a Resilient Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Procurement, activities such as strategic sourcing, are one of the main processes in the supply chains that can generate a positive impact on companies by giving them a competitive advantage in the market. Strategic sourcing can help supply chain leaders identify potential risk factors and develop procurement mitigation plans.

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How Business Intelligence & Analytics Bring Visibility & Mitigate Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

Finding ways to keep costs in check often comes down to understanding the various shipping surcharges and how shippers can best avoid them through stronger shipping audits. A Single Source of Truth for Shipping Surcharges Management. Instability is among the singular constants affecting supply chain management.

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How to Optimize Shipping Costs Across All Modes With Analytics

Intelligent Audit

Many factors play into shipping costs within the supply chain network. Optimizing shipping costs and examining the budget and current spending will help improve operations across the supply chain network. . An application programming interface (API) is a specially designed dashboard that monitors shipping costs and processing requests.