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Why Transportation Procurement is More than an Event

Talking Logistics

Sometime in the last half of 2018, the transportation market began to soften. The shift began, and in procurement we saw an increase in bid activity that has continued into 2019. The shift began, and in procurement we saw an increase in bid activity that has continued into 2019. Spot rates began to decrease a bit. Be realistic.

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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. At Dow, Mr. Baker had Purchasing experience in raw materials, and logistics for their plastics supply chain.

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Data Science and Supply Chain: It’s a Match!

DynaSys

In today’s supply chain management systems, machine learning algorithms implemented by data scientists are used at every step of the strategic planning process. This includes production planning, procurement planning, and goes all the way up to demand planning. no opt-in) .

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What Exactly Is Supply Chain Management? 10 Different Definitions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What Exactly Is Reverse Logistics? Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more. Source: [link] ). Source: [link] ).

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The Baby Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Immediately their brains were in gear and thinking and planning for what was in store. This involves a set of logistics in and of itself in terms of going to the doctor, having the tests done, sending the tests to a lab, and having the results returned. Reverse logistics in action. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2018.

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Allopneus.com Optimizes Inventory and Improves Competitiveness with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

million tires in 2018 – equating to around 10% of the market. Unlike its competitors in the online market, Allopneus.com manages its logistics in-house. As a result, we need to have more than 20,000 SKUs in stock,” explains Pierre-Jean Coltat, procurement and planning manager at Allopneus.

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Supply Chain Talent Matters More than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

AGCO Logistics Team Accepts Prestigious Supply Chain Award. Greg Toornman – vice president global materials, logistics and demand planning at AGCO – told more of this story in a panel at ARC’s Supply Chain Forum. The post Supply Chain Talent Matters More than Ever appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.