Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost.
SupplyOn
OCTOBER 2, 2018
SBB relies on RailSupply to significantly improve efficiency in purchasing and procurement logistics. The goal of this changeover was to significantly streamline the SBB’s purchasing and procurement logistics. Suppliers supplying several SBB divisions will benefit in particular.
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Supply Chain Opz
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
Ultimately, effective SRM can increase supply chain visibility, improve quality and supply consistency, drive down costs, improve customer service, create a higher mix of strategic versus active suppliers, and make an organization more competitive. This will make the supplier sluggish to respond to changes and slow moving on innovation.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
However, achieving and maintaining visibility poses several challenges, including data availability and quality, technological limitations, and interoperability issues. Supply chain managers require visibility to track the necessary components from a purchase order for production or to fulfill a customer order.
Supply Chain Matters
JUNE 21, 2022
The latest report is refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs. There is no cost for paid CSCMP membership, or the report can be purchased for $249 by non CSCMP members.
ShipBob
AUGUST 25, 2021
Some of these inefficiencies often start with improper purchase ordering. We download Excel files from the ShipBob dashboard all the time and use them to analyze everything from cancelations, to examining order weights, to checking on whether ShipBob is shipping orders on time. The analytics are super helpful. Collect the right data.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
MARCH 16, 2021
It is sensor and system data that are foundational to drive a new quality of collaboration across networks. Prerequisite is also that the participants in major supply chain networks agree on ways for identifying the cargo being transported, with different levels of granularity.
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