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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). In a previous post , I made a case for how the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are smarter together. Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration.

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How Capital City eliminated duplicate payments with procurement automation

Precoro

We had the chance to discuss the school's initial approach to procurement compared to its new, automated process using software with Caroline Hickey, Business Associate at CCPCS. Let's discover their procurement journey from a manual approach to an automated process. Hickey joined Capital City in the summer of 2021.

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Essilor – The secret of a global & robust S&OP process

DynaSys

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. These difficult events allowed us to extend our S&OP with the materials procurement department, which is now a strength. Does it mean you have included the sourcing and procurement departments in your global S&OP meetings?

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Guest Commentary: Is Your TMS Pulling Its Weight?

Talking Logistics

With constantly changing markets and rates, procuring and maintaining the best possible rates can be a nightmare. If your shipments cross water or borders, you have additional data to track and documents to create, plus denied party screening and contract management to consider. On, Documents ! To the DC, to the retailer!

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Intelleflex Announces Cellular, GPS-equipped RFID Reader & Cloud-based ZEST™ Data Services Platform

Supply Chain Network

These losses occur because supply chains have inherently lacked on-demand access to actionable data that enables real-time decision-making about a product’s freshness and quality and documents the freshness and safety of delivered products. All other trademarked names in this document are the properties of their respective owners.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Each vehicle in the fleet, typically operated by a crew of two, would either distribute a daily load of between ten and 30 deliveries into areas some distance from the DC or complete two to three local trips, fully loaded, per day into the Greater London area. I guess that’s why we called it route planning and not route optimisation.”

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25 supply chain experts reveal the best tactics to optimize a supply chain

6 River Systems

William Crane, Founder & CEO of IndustryStar Solutions , is an entrepreneur and experienced executive in supply chain with demonstrated results starting, launching and enhancing procurement, logistics, supplier quality and manufacturing companies globally.