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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. Procurement can also have RPA do dynamic searches of websites to source or conduct market research for future buys and tenders. Freight Management. Freight management is driven by time-critical, manual tasks. Price Lookup and Comparison. Returns and Refunds Processing.

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Surge Transportation Extends Real-time Rate and Capacity Options for Shippers in e2open’s Network

E2open

(NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, announces that it has expanded its partnership with Surge Transportation, a digital freight brokerage providing real-time pricing and routing guide optimization for companies that ship goods over the road.

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How China’s zero-Covid policy is affecting global supply chains

Proxima

When Chinese manufacturing cities come to a hard stop on short notice, there are serious consequences for global supply chains, with delays spilling over at local ports, nearby alternative outlets, and into destination ports, causing volatility and confusion right across the market.

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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. The problem is that the acceptance of lanes by the carriers does not force the carrier to accept the freight when tendered. Reference Figure 1.

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Transportation Management System: What is a TMS in Logistics? [+ Top Companies Compared]

ShipBob

You’ll also get a quick comparison of the top providers to make your search easier. Transportation management systems also enable you to automate your freight tendering process. By automatically dispatching carriers, you can significantly expedite steps such as booking and tendering of freight. Fleet/carrier 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.