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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

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.

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A Long Road Ahead for Procurement Professionals Managing Their Supply Chains

ModusLink Corporation

Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. Consider global container shipping rates. But what does that mean for future strategies in procurement ? Ongoing Optimization Shippers must optimize their procurement strategies.

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How to Procure Full Truckloads in Tight Capacity

GlobalTranz

The use of full truckload shipping is rising in popularity, resulting from its lower cost as compared to less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping. The Solution: Shippers Must Use Out-of-the-LTL-Box Strategies Shippers must take a more strategic approach to truckload procurement, explains CH Robinson via Supply Chain 24/7.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. Dwell times grow as more and more ships sit in the ocean waiting to unload. Customer service is red. The Emergence of Logistics as Constraint.

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Supply Chain Department – A Typical Structure

SCMDOJO

In essence, a structured supply chain department as described in the blog can help you deliver the right supply chain strategy and goals which helps cost reduction, improve customer service, on-time delivery, and better working capital. Watch What is Marketing Procurement? on our SCMDOJO YouTube Channel!

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What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility?

Logistics Viewpoints

There are Different Types of Supply Chain Visibility But Mr. Elenjickal points out that there is a difference between transportation visibility – where the truck or plane or ship is, inventory visibility – visibility to where stock keeping units are located across the end-to-end network, and order visibility.

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company. Baker was promoted to Vice President of Shared Services and tasked with creating a centralized supply chain organization.