Comparison Freight Procurement Sourcing 
MIT Supply Chain
MARCH 2, 2021
Identifying key strengths in procurement and management in high-impact countries will support a fast improvement that may boost economic growth in the region. Truck transportation comprises 75% of all freight in Latin America. Latin American countries have particular challenges related to truck transport. including owner-operators.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 30, 2015
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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
AUGUST 20, 2020
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.
Intelligent Audit
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Discovering billing mistakes through leveraged data from freight audits helps shippers identify cost-cutting opportunities through accurate invoicing and payment processing. Freight audit savings might arise from recouping costs due to overbilling, service guarantee failures, or simply using the wrong carrier for each load.
Proxima
AUGUST 25, 2022
The city’s port lost around 45 percent of its trucking capacity this spring as the city ground to a halt, resulting in around 80 percent of vessels being delayed, in comparison to 20 percent two years previously. The threat of sudden lockdowns continues to loom over procurement teams.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
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.
Freightos
JULY 26, 2018
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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