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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

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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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

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

Zipline Logistics

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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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

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.

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. The supply ecosystem connects over 630,000 manufacturers and suppliers. Over 12 billion transactions per year occurred on the network.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

A major freight company employs a team of meteorologists that works closely with its flight dispatchers and contingency coordinators, for example. The raw data flows to Walgreens’ Centralized Security Operations Center. Managing adverse weather conditions is part and parcel of transportation planning.

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