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AI in Supply Chain Automation: Procurement to Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

AI in supply chain automation is gradually reshaping how core functions operate, particularly in procurement, warehousing, and logistics. Key Insight: The use of AI in supply chain automation is producing tangible benefits across procurement, warehousing, and logistics.

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Modern TMS Solutions: Driving Sustainability in Supply Chain Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

Freight transportation makes up over 10% of total global carbon emissions. Reducing emissions from transportation is crucial to achieving organizations sustainability goals. Ideally, TMS systems should present emissions, costs, lead times, and other principal metrics comparisons side-by-side instead of in silos.

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SONAR releases lane-level seasonality comparison tool

Freight Waves

This enhancement to the high-frequency freight market intelligence platform aims to provide shippers, carriers, and brokers with critical insights for navigating the volatile transportation market. A retailer, for example, can use historical rate data to estimate transportation costs for an expected surge in holiday demand.

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Thoughts. Selecting Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Shaman

The comparison of dissimilar companies in a four-box model is meaningless. It will never be an apples-to-apples comparison or even a comparison of types of apples (E.G. I still hold hope that SAP could get serious about supply chain planning, but I have given up on Oracle (with the exception of transportation management.))

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Data is the New Freight: Why Real-Time Visibility and Accurate Data are Critical for Transportation Spend Management

TransAudit

With global transportation costs climbing and carrier networks becoming more complex, transportation spend management has become a strategic priority — not just a back-office function. Why Transportation Spend Management Demands Better Data Transportation spend often ranks as one of the top operational costs for shippers.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

For this blog post, never mind the comparison. The second is, Why are companies focused on traditional risk management investments primarily focused on supply/procurement when the more significant opportunity is balancing risk and opportunity in an increasingly complex world? When he speaks of the supply chain, he means procurement.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. Can you help us with what you see in the data?” ” Yes, I said.