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What Contractors Need to Streamline Procurement in 2025

IT Supply Chain

What Contractors Need to Streamline Procurement in 2025 By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer 111 Views You’re on-site before dawn, the framing crew’s ready, but the steel shipment’s stuck in limbo, the invoice isn’t approved, and your project management app just pinged you for the fourth time.

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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

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Using Data Analytics and Blockchain in Retail to Sift Through Needs Faster

GlobalTranz

Data analytics can be applied to virtually any supply chain process, and analytics hold great value in managing retail supply chains. Defining retail needs is not an easy process, but data is king and can help companies sift through the needs and wants of customers, reports Arthur Zaczkiewicz of WWD.

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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. There was a time when buying a computer was considered a once-in-a-decade purchase, if not once-in-a-lifetime. They are not susceptible to drowsy driving, and they are not subject to electronic logging mandate.

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What Are the Trends in Last Mile Logistics?

GlobalTranz

Among millennials, consumers are willing to pay a premium up to 30-percent more for same-day delivery, reports McKinsey & Company , with an overwhelming majority willing to pay extra for guaranteed delivery, as shown below: Paired with the sudden spike in parcel delivery, last mile delivery will continue to grow 10-percent annually.

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Descartes Announces Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Financial Results

Descartes

Issuances of common shares, net of issuance costs 3.6 Acquisition of 3GTMS On March 24, 2025, Descartes acquired all of the shares of 3GTMS, a leading provider of transportation management solutions. The purchase price for the acquisition was approximately $112.7 Additions to property and equipment (1.9) Net change in cash (59.7)

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Effective Supplier Collaboration Is Critical

Logistics Viewpoints

SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain. But this is particularly in the electronics industry, where the majority of their customers hail from. The sooner a company knows a planned delivery is apt to be late, the more options there are to cost optimally mitigate the situation.