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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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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. Mark McEntire is the Senior Vice President of Operations at Emerge , a freight technology firm that is reinventing freight procurement. in Transportation and Logistics from Arkansas State University.

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Simmons Foods’ Approach to Transportation Spend

Logistics Viewpoints

This family-owned business is headquartered in Siloam Springs Arkansas in the US. Further, customers buying patterns were so variable, that 30% of the lanes they procured freight for were new to the network. Emerge offers an innovative freight procurement platform. The transportation team supports 13 production facilities.

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With New Year Underway, Key Players Look Back On 2022

Intelligent Audit

The results came from delivery consultancy ShipMatrix, whose annual review of the parcel delivery industry has become a benchmark for carrier performance. . Walmart now offers customers drone delivery service through these vendors in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. . 24, UPS delivered 97.5%

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

Talking Logistics

A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program (New York Times) Transplace Invests in New Operations Center in Northwest Arkansas Black & Decker Fined $1.8M and one will track a national benchmark.