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Saving Supply Chain Planners from Chaotic Spreadsheets

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Are you using spreadsheets as a supply chain planning tool to collect and manage your data and perform analysis? There’s no doubt that spreadsheets are easy to use with familiar and easy functions, formulas, and calculations… However, is “ease of use” the only priority for supply chain planning?

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It is about time that we leveraged supply chain analytics

Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Are you using spreadsheets as a supply chain planning tool to collect and manage your data and perform analysis? There’s no doubt that spreadsheets are easy to use with familiar and easy functions, formulas, and calculations… However, is “ease of use” the only priority for supply chain planning?

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Movement and software vendor Eyefreight have developed this checklist to provide to pinpoint the key drivers of Freight Spend Management. How likely are carriers to agree on endless rate cuts? And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices.