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5 Ways to Manage Supply Chain Documents!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply Chain documents article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. As such, supply chain documents should be treated with the utmost care. As your business grows, the more supply chain documents you will handle. You may want to take documentation of activities seriously. Subscribe Here! Delivering.

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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport. By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. FourKites is a leading provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions. What made Ms.

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Creating a Global Trade Compliance Program

QAD

Export controls to ensure that all export licenses, permits and customs documentation are correct? Staff can mistakenly send samples or sensitive materials to denied parties or without the correct documentation. In addition, enterprises should consider the benefits of integrating compliance with transportation.

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Sourcing and Procurement: One but Not the Same

Precoro

As both sourcing and procurement are related to obtaining supplies for the organization, confusing these two terms is easy. Understanding their distinction can help you ensure the coordination between the responsible teams and adopt the right strategies for improving both sourcing and procurement. Procurement. Contains fewer steps.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

On February 6 th , the National Transportation Safety Board released a report saying that missing bolts were the likely cause. This incident might be because of oversights in documentation and procedures at Boeing’s Renton factory in Washington. It was a minor miracle that no one was sucked out of the plane.

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Greater Supply Chain Savings Thanks to Transportation Management

GlobalTranz

Therefore, more companies have partnered with third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) to achieve greater supply chain savings and presence in such markets through enhanced transportation management systems ( TMSs ). To maintain your role in the global market, you need to understand how 3PLs contribute to an improve transportation networks.