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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

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. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The halal trust of a brand is measured through a consumer survey, analysing the consumer perception of the halal logo, excellence, transparency, halal authenticity, and intention. He is the author of ‘Halal business management: a guide to achieving halal excellence’.

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Machine Learning and the Business of Tomorrow

Enterra Insights

Lindsay Clark reports, “According to an O’Reilly survey of 11,400 data science experts, nearly half (49%) of organizations are at the early stages of adopting machine learning. Machine learning can prove useful all along the supply chain from procurement to production to marketing to after sales support. ” 3. .

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Ultimate Guide To Technologies That Are Transforming Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Manufacturers can gather valuable granular data such as the time an item spent in storage, at what temperature, how long it took to sell, the length of time between purchase and fulfillment and how long it spent in transport. Procurement: Partnering with cost-effective and reliable vendors is vital for keeping a business running smoothly.

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Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet?

Supply Chain Game Changer

One of the services that was very compelling was our Freight Management service. We had a tremendous amount of spend leverage globally, a seasoned team, great supplier relationships, very strong processes, and an excellent Transportation Management System (TMS). The Freight Management service and the TMS capability were compelling.

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Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out Do you have a Freight Management Strategy or are you Spinning your Wheels? One of the services that was very compelling was our Freight Management service. They would not have the cash or infrastructure to enable them to support either developing or buying, and then maintaining, a TMS capability. Subscribe Here!

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.