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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Benchmark and Bid Your Carrier Rates

Talking Logistics

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, understanding how your company’s procurement strategy and results compare with industry peers is critical. Once the election concludes, if the economy picks up steam, the capacity challenges seen in 2014 and early 2015 may return. New Government Mandates and Regulations.

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6 Things We've Learned from McDonald's Procurement Management

AFFLINK

In the foodservice industry, there are few better examples of great procurement management than McDonald's. Excellent procurement is part of the reason that McDonald's has been able to grow from a small family barbecue restaurant into a global conglomerate with more than 35,000 restaurants in over 110 different countries.

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Time to Squeeze Carriers for Better Rates?

Talking Logistics

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0 For the fourth quarter of 2015, the Freight TSI was down 1.2 Leading Practices in Transportation Procurement.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last two decades Steelwedge raised significant capital in three rounds: 4M$ in 2004, 16M$ in 2011 and 22.5M$ in 2015. In 2015, with the new round of capital, the company with a new and more scaleable architecture announced a new management team with a new vision. The focus was on automating procurement. I was not sure.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management. Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. governmental agencies to include U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Publishing date: 27 November 2015. The sector continued to grow steadily during the financial crisis and the export level has since doubled thanks to rising demand from Western Europe, Asia and North America. 6 | News & Background. Winner of last quarter.

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EcoVadis Client Committee 2014

EcoVadis

Exchanging experiences , best practices and insights on Sustainable Procurement has always been at the heart of our annual Client Committee. Around 150 CSR and procurement professionals joined us from all over Europe and North America.