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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

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Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. The freight market is mercurial. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Mr. Master’s experience at Simmons Foods illustrates many of the distinct characteristics and challenges related to freight procurement.

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How to Optimize Freight Contracts

Intelligent Audit

Of all the details shippers and businesses have to manage and track, transportation costs and freight audits can be the most overlooked and impactful. And this led to massive backlogs and issues finding carriers and securing hauling contracts. Unify Your Freight Contract Data With a Single Source of Truth.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

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There can be surprises that potentially offer a better upside: demand is higher than expected, it is possible to raise prices without affecting demand based on what is happening with competitor products, technology has allowed manufacturing capacity to ramp up faster than expected, etc. E2open acquired BluJay Solutions in May of 2021 for $1.7

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President Andrew Lynch On What We Must Do To Create Nationally Secure And Resilient Supply Chains

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T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. So, what must manufacturers and policymakers do to ensure that we have secure and resilient supply chains? What does the term “supply chain” encompass?

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Peak Freight Preparedness: Creating New Value Through Performance Management

Intelligent Audit

According to JOC.com , “As the peak pre-holiday shipping season looms over US shippers, businesses are scrambling to secure needed capacity while trying to determine transportation budgets for 2021. Pfizer is planning to continue reviewing data for several more weeks prior to beginning mass manufacturing.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

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Learn more on how to overcome today’s supply chain challenges by securing the free guide, 8 Winning Strategies to Combat Supply Shortages. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

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But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse. Huawei was placed on the Entity List, a US trade blacklist, in 2019 to reduce the sale of US goods to the company amid national security and foreign policy concerns.