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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Procurement ran a request for proposal event.

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Scaling a FreightTech Business with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2017, Mark was awarded the Supply Chain and Demand Chain Executive “Pro To Know”. in Transportation and Logistics from Arkansas State University. Automated Freight Procurement & Sourcing: Efficiently match loads with carriers for the best available rates. In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP.

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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark McEntire is the Senior Vice President of Operations at Emerge , a freight technology firm that is reinventing freight procurement. Transforming the $800 billion trucking industry, Emerge empowers meaningful logistics relationships through its award-winning Freight Procurement Platform. Mark earned a B.S. About Emerge.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. The Covid pandemic continues to slow down global economies and supply chains. The service will soon expand to a third Walmart store in the same corner of Arkansas. The global chip shortage is not the only aspect currently affecting supply chains around the world.

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Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past

MIT Supply Chain

Supply chain management is a people business and will remain that way even amid the rise of AI and automation. Again, the arguments are put forth in more detail in my new book, The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., I use the structure of supply chains to illustrate the point. and the Future of Work.

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Misnomer

Supply Chain Shaman

I am a supply chain gal. I work with many organizations on their supply chain strategies. Let me give you an example: Last week, I gave a presentation at a global supply chain team meeting of 175 professionals. “I study supply chains. Misnomer (n): A wrong name. I am passionate about it.

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24 supply chain experts & business leaders reveal the #1 challenge of supply chain management (and how to solve it)

6 River Systems

The COVID-19 pandemic made it abundantly clear that effective supply chain management is crucial to the success of a business. “They have also diversified their supply chains from a geographic perspective to reduce the supply-side risks from any one country or region,” explains Deloitte.