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Make Freight Sourcing More Efficient!

Supply Chain Game Changer

GET our EBOOK HERE. Freight sourcing team article and permission to publish here provided by Katharine Barrios at xeneta.com. Freight sourcing and procurement is a critical component of the whole supply chain and is crucial to the success of the business. These are the must-haves for any effective freight sourcing team.

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Food Waste is a Big Problem That Can be Solved

DELMIA Quintiq

Source: [link]. Poor planning on the food production side can result in crops not being harvested, food spoiling during transportation, or even overproduction, leading to food products going bad on the shelves before they can be sold. To learn more about future food trends, download our ebook here.

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Go Green or Go Home: Why Sustainability in the Last Mile is Crucial for Your Business

Locus

Production and transportation activities are energy-intensive, but this also means the potential for implementing greener practices lay here. Download the Ebook: Supply Chain Sustainability and Profitability with Green Logistics. Download the Ebook. Sources: ?? How does a sustainable last mile aid businesses?

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Moving Up The Corporate Ladder, Does Your Freight Spend Have A Seat At The Table?

4WL Consulting

The previous decade has seen many companies, mainly those handling manufacturing operations, change how sourcing of direct materials is executed – from an administrative function to a somewhat strategic procurement approach that has seen the creation of a new position “the Chief Procurement Officer.”

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Winning the Inventory Battle in the Consumer Products Industry

Logility

Depending on the source, it is widely reported that anywhere from 50 to 85% of new products fail to achieve success. reduction in transportation costs (percent of sales). Related Content: eBook: Building the Consumer Products Supply Chain of the Future. eBook: The Inventory Optimization Handbook.

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Blue Yonder – A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader 11 Years Running, Thanks to Our TMS Customers

BlueYonder

We believe customers and innovation are the top reasons for recognition as a Leader for the 11 th year 1 in a row in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 2 ! This in turn provides companies a valuable and customer-centric set of transportation capabilities to their internal and external customers.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

LEGACY Supply Chain Services Launches Grader Tool and eBook to Evaluate Supply Chain Performance. I participated in the development of this tool, and in writing a new eBook, “ Keeping Up With the Retail Consumer: 6 Supply Chain Disciplines Retailers Must Master.” Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice.