Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management
Freightos
APRIL 23, 2025
It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process.
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AI in Supply Chain Automation: Procurement to Logistics
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 14, 2025
From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook. Integration allows seamless transitions from data insights to purchase approvals and execution.
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Manufacturing ERP Software Comparison: Guide to Buying in 2025
RFgen
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Think of it as a single source of truth for everything from production planning and inventory management to financials, supply chain, and even the shop floor. This involves: Document your existing workflows, from order entry to shipping, to identify areas for improvement and automation.
9 Tips To Offset the Impact of Tariffs and How a 3PL Provider Can Help
GlobalTranz
APRIL 15, 2025
Companies now must make strategic decisions regarding pricing, shipping, supply chains and overall logistics. Below, we provide nine tips to optimize your shipping and tell you how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can help you during these difficult times.
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Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management
Freightos
APRIL 23, 2025
It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process.
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The Importance of Sustainability Benchmarking
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Companies can accurately calculate shipping level emissions and compare them across specific time intervals. The customizable dashboards and reports show the total estimated emissions from FourKites-tracked freight, and enable a deep dive into emissions by mode, changes over time, and comparison to industry benchmarks.
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Container rates surging as shippers rush ahead of deadlines – June 10, 2025 Update
Freightos
JUNE 10, 2025
China’s ports are likely still working through some of the backlog of ready to ship goods created during the April-May lull in China-US demand. Carriers are planning additional transpacific GRIs of $1,000 – $3,000/FEU for mid-June and again on July 1st.
Boston University’s Sourcing Transformation
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Facilities sourcing and construction contracting were centralized in the procurement department. They add accounting information and where it should be shipped to. The machine does all that comparison for you. The post Boston University’s Sourcing Transformation appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
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Outside-in Process Q&A
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
They implemented a simple planning technology with an outside-in channel-centric model (Ship to model definition). Most supply chain planning deployments cannot use channel data because the model is a “Ship from model” not a “Ship to engine.” Seven elements drive success: The team is clear on the mission.
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How Regional Networks Create Trucking Efficiency
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 27, 2021
While large national networks comprise a significant percentage of transportation service providers' shipping options, several challenges present if these are the only OTR freight transportation sources considered, including. Easier comparison of rates, timeliness, availability, and services. Better optimization of? Learn More.
This Week in Logistics News (August 10 – 16)
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 16, 2024
The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo imported into the U.S.
When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Comparison of Inventories Across the Years. Could Outside-in Thinking Help?
Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 17, 2022
2021 came with a new set of challenges as global and local supply chains were hit by raw materials shortages, accompanied by longer lead times and higher shipping costs, lack of labor, and the pent-up demand actualizing as record-breaking sales. It provides a single source of truth with visibility and analytics based on the same data.
What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
For this blog post, never mind the comparison. Most supply chain models are “ship from” models based on orders. A Point of Sale forecasting system requires a “ship to” model based on the channel. Over the last decade, most of the focus in supply management was on indirect sourcing.
Environmental Sustainability in Logistics
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 19, 2023
One area of concern for the long-term health of the world is the use of packaging in both the manufacturing and shipping of products. For respondents at the median, 80 percent of total annual packing material consumed comes from recycled or re-used materials and 60 percent comes from renewable sources.
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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 12, 2022
In all, the acquisition will add more than 350 temperature-controlled vehicles and four million square feet to the UPS Healthcare global footprint, offering customers access to faster shipping times, greater production flexibility, and offerings to help them attract new business. For comparison, they spent $3.4
Modeling Piece Price Comparisons for Local and Regional Suppliers Versus Low-cost Country Initiatives
SCMDOJO
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
As a procurement officer, you’ve possibly been in the crosshairs of debate between sourcing locally and regionally versus from low-cost countries endorsed by many executive staff and boards of directors. Every time I was requested to have a target percentage of our purchases from low-cost countries I felt a pit in my stomach.
Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management
Freightos
APRIL 23, 2025
It creates a single source of truth for your rate management, automating RFQs and streamlining the entire procurement process.
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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
AUGUST 20, 2020
Procurement can also have RPA do dynamic searches of websites to source or conduct market research for future buys and tenders. Price Lookup and Comparison. RPA can routinely search for pricing data on specified materials and structure this data in a way that makes conducting comparisons easier. Purchase Order Management.
Online Platforms Offer Ocean Freight Services to SMBs
Cathy Roberson
MARCH 17, 2025
Consumers have embraced e-commerce for price comparisons, ease of purchase anytime and anywhere, and for those participating in subscription services such as Amazon Prime, free shipping, and other benefits. Amazon Global Logistics shippers ship ocean cargo from China directly into the Amazon fulfillment network in the US, UK, and EU.
Logistics Predictions: How Did We Do in 2022 and What Will 2023 Look Like?
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The only bright note is that shipping costs will be a fraction of what they were over the last several years. Container Import Volume Year-over-Year Comparison. Source: Descartes Datamyne. Figure 1: U.S. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.
Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth
ToolsGroup
AUGUST 1, 2022
Reports indicate that returns are higher when products are sold online, with an average return rate of 30% for ecommerce purchases, in comparison with 10% for brick-and-mortar sales. According to a study by Narvar , 75% of consumers have been given a refund without needing to ship back the product. Image source: Shipping Easy.
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Quick Start Guide to Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning
ToolsGroup
APRIL 25, 2019
Gathering the necessary data to formulate an accurate comparison between previous results and those provided by machine learning is an excellent way to establish confidence in your results. Data Variety The more different types of data sources you factor in (e.g.
The Holy Grail of Modern S&OP: Multi-Horizon Integrated Business Planning
Logility
JUNE 23, 2023
And next to impossible is creating plans in a timely manner when monitoring unrelated KPIs across multiple disconnected sources of data. Your customer service and operational costs will always be impacted by your need to ship orders across the country.” Supply chain organizations are no strangers to this frustration.
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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Comparison of Inventories Across the Years. Could Outside-in Thinking Help?
When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Comparison of Inventories Across the Years. Could Outside-in Thinking Help?
Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 7, 2019
” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?” Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. Measurement of demand accuracy incorrectly (comparison of units sold versus units forecasted monthly at a high level in the demand hierarchy).
Warby Parker vs Luxottica: Supply Chain Disintermediation in the Eyewear Industry
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
AUGUST 11, 2017
Luxottica maintains a warehouse in Atlanta and ships roughly 470k units of inventory each week - 300k to retail locations and 170k as wholesale to independent opticians and department stores. Source: [2] and Alibaba.com. Warby Parker also sources most of their raw material from a family-based firm in Italy.
Is Your Supply Chain Future-Ready for the New Normal?
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Expect to see improvements to customer engagements that are not limited to a seamless checkout process but all facets of a buyer’s journey, including product education, research and comparison, and easily navigable after-sales support. Digitalisation and the Importance of Technology.
The Green Corridor – Optimal Tech for Green Logistics – Making Emissions Visible
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Such real-time data and visibility functions allow for supplier comparisons as well as overall emission source contributor identifications, which can be focused on for improvement. In one case the fuel and emissions per kilogram shipped was actually halved for a customer! It can be done via EDI, API or via a web portal.
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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play
Freightos
JULY 26, 2018
In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. Let’s Talk About Boats, Ships, and Trucks. By comparison, that’s almost as large as the15th largest US passenger fleet. Source: Amazon.com. That’s not surprising, given that Amazon’s shipping costs grew from $11.5 Amazon’s logistics hiring plans.
This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found. While the impacts of disruption of trade between US and Europe and Russian and Ukraine are miniscule in comparison to the disruption of trade with China that occurred because of the pandemic, the impacts are not insignificant.
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Why Financial Reengineering Does Not Equal Supply Chain Improvement
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 18, 2018
Financial reengineering focuses on the optimization of short-term results that are usually based on a functional analysis of source, make, or deliver. Few consultants understand the interrelationships between source, make and deliver. Comparison of Emerson Electric and Schneider Electric for the Period of 2006-2016. Reflections.
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Introducing the Freightos Marketplace
Freightos
JULY 26, 2016
This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. For example, 26% of the 730 million TEUs shipped annually and approximately 30% of trucks on the road are empty. Sources: A , B.
The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JANUARY 3, 2024
The number of alternative and dual-fuel propelled container ship orders out numbers the traditional ICE only engines for new ship orders. Aeronautics engineering innovation is sadly only paddling forward in comparison to the ship building industry. This is big money and infrastructure is working to accompany the change.
Agriculture in the City
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
” Another company in this agriculture space is Freight Farm, which provides farmers the ability to grow vegetables in converted freight shipping containers equipped with the latest hydroponics and automated systems equipment. Each container — the kind commonly seen on trains, trucks or ships — costs $85,000, not including shipping.
How Business Intelligence & Analytics Bring Visibility & Mitigate Shipping Surcharges
Intelligent Audit
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Finding ways to keep costs in check often comes down to understanding the various shipping surcharges and how shippers can best avoid them through stronger shipping audits. A Single Source of Truth for Shipping Surcharges Management. Instability is among the singular constants affecting supply chain management.
Creating a Global Trade Compliance Program
QAD
JANUARY 9, 2024
One example is parcel and non-production shipping. A robust transportation execution solution will create and maintain an audit trail for all your shipping and compliance documentation. Done correctly, international trade compliance is a source of competitive advantage. Front office personnel often handle parcel shipments.
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Total Cost of Ownership Procurement Model Failure – What’s Missing?
Supply Chain Game Changer
AUGUST 30, 2022
Many businesses use some form of Total Cost of Ownership model to support their Procurement and sourcing decisions. In fact these models are not just used casually, but they often are designed to inform and make optimal sourcing choices. Typically and historically sourcing decisions were predominantly based on unit price.
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Product Sourcing: The Complete Guide for Retail & eCommerce
Unleashed
JANUARY 4, 2024
Product sourcing, done the right way, can set your business up with the foundations needed for achieving maximum sales. This guide will explain how product sourcing works in modern business, best practices for finding suppliers, and list some of the most popular websites and tools for sourcing goods to sell.
7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement
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. It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door.
National Logistics Day 2023
Enterra Insights
JUNE 28, 2023
By 1956, the first container ship sailed from the port of New Jersey to Texas. That includes packaging, warehousing, shipping, and more. But if you are a part of a small company, by comparison, then you know that most people are doing many different tasks and doing whatever is required to get the job done. Keep up the good work.
How Auditing Invoices Reduces Total Container Shipping Costs
Intelligent Audit
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
The state of ocean freight continues to evolve in the wake of peak season, approaching holiday shipping deadlines , and ongoing disruptions. Why Invoicing Errors Are More Likely in Ocean Shipping. Like OTR freight data, auditing container shipping costs is a lifeline for today’s shippers. The difference is simple.
2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends
EazyStock
JANUARY 27, 2021
In addition to shorter lead times, lower shipping costs, no tariffs and a typically lower MOQ, domestically-source products usually are higher quality – plus, sourcing domestically can work as an attractive marketing strategy. Consumers are now used to fast and free shipping. Automation. Focus on eCommerce.
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