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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The core of the Freight Procurement Stage is the creation of a comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Quotation (RFQ) document. This document outlines the shipper’s shipping requirements, expectations, evaluation criteria, timeline and contract terms. If not, what is mutually agreed review timing and basis?)

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Supply Chain Planning Software Vendor Selection: What they Won’t Tell You

Logility

Whether your definition of value includes on-time, in-full (OTIF), inventory reduction or optimization, transportation spend, speed of decision making, supply chain costs, net working capital, or a myriad of other value measures, you know your business better than anyone.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

There are several hold types, but in Oracle the setting ‘Hold all new purchasing documents’ stops the ability to release any new purchase orders to a specific supplier site. Networks and Benchmarking. Companies seek to benchmark their performance against peers. That supplier can be put on “hold.”

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. Inventory Days of Supply. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense?

Logistics Viewpoints

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. The thinking goes that at some point, improving service levels means you are not adding inventory in a linear manner but rather exponentially. Ipsen also need to reduce their lead times. The results?

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Logility Wins IDC’s SaaS CSAT Award for Supply Chain Management Customer Satisfaction

Logility

Benchmark Based on Global Survey Highlights Logility’s Leadership in Ease of Use and Driving Rapid Benefits. s current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the SEC. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.

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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Shipments without origin documents are being turned away from ports, creating expensive disruptions and inventory that doesn’t reach its destination, affecting the overall supply chain and your business health. A social audit is an assessment of how well the company is achieving its goals or benchmarks for social responsibility.