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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging. Be demand driven.

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Capitalising on Supply Chain Digitisation with Robotic Process Automation – 10 Areas of Opportunities – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Procurement. RPA can automate the uploading of reporting and contract data for transactions from contracts into Transportation Management Systems (TMS) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems with greater speed and accuracy. Purchase Order Management. Freight Management. Inventory Management.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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The Green Corridor – Optimal Tech for Green Logistics – Making Emissions Visible

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

When I was advised that this month’s LogiSYM Magazine would have some focus on digitization, I immediately thought about the absence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data in our everyday life. Raw materials, parts and services are currently all running through supply chains and manufacturing processes and emitting GHGs.

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GlobalTranz And Echo Global Logistics Both Report 40% Fourth Quarter Revenue Growth

Logistics Viewpoints

GlobalTranz’s main service lines are freight brokerage – less-than-truckload and truckload – and managed transportation services. Robinson’s last quarter earnings in North American Surface Transportation, up 10.8% – which many companies would be delighted with – seem paltry in comparison. Robinson and Echo Global Logistics.

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What Value Are You Getting From Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

Outsourcing–procurement, manufacturing and transportation– decreased visibility and increased data latency. Supply Chain Risk Drivers: A Comparison of Risk. As market demands increase supply chain leaders want the same level of data usability that they have in their personal lives. Reference Figure 1.

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Why Shipping Lead Time Matters in a Tight Freight Market

Zipline Logistics

But with freight conditions like those we have seen throughout most of 2020, building in additional lead time is an even more essential piece of your logistics operational puzzle. Building-in additional lead time in a tight freight market is crucial. On-time freight performance also increased to 99.27%. Efficiency improvements.

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