Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Do You Have Hidden Freight Costs? 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. Whether you are a BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner), Freight Forwarder or NVOCC it is essential that you get this critical component right. Use of Freight Rate Benchmarking.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created from Responsible Sourcing. How can you make Responsible Sourcing a Reality? If you can excite the people around you about sourcing responsibly, chances are you’ll be able to formulate a network of internal champions. in this case, responsible sourcing. Source Smarter. Source: Purina. Gauge Output, Report and Refine. Source: Nestlé.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Check out Procurement: The Spend Aggregation Obstacle Course! Aggregating your procurement spend for the purpose of delivering greater value is a sound objective. We discussed these in greater detail in our post Procurement (Part 1!) – The Spend Aggregation Obstacle Course! I have been in the Procurement organization trying to get our arms around spend. This may be the head of Procurement, the CFO, the COO or the CEO. Clear Reporting.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2015

A strategic approach to sourcing what you need to keep your business moving can help avoid disruptions and stay competitive in today’s competitive market. A strategic approach to obtaining what you need to keep your business and products moving—whether you’re sourcing raw materials, manufactured accessories, or transportation capacity—can help avoid unforeseen disruptions and create a competitive advantage in today’s changing market.

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EC Sourcing Group

OCTOBER 12, 2020

October 13, 2020 / EC Sourcing Group, a leading global provider of SaaS sourcing technology solutions, has announced its acquisition of procurement solution provider, BidMode, with full terms of the merger remaining confidential. About EC Sourcing Group. Morristown, N.J.,

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Supply Chain Network

AUGUST 6, 2012

Shockingly, though, companies are failing to invest in the necessary procurement tools to manage spend and optimize their transportation networks. Here’s the cliff-note version of the results; the full report is worth a thorough read : Transportation planning is sorely inefficient: According to the survey, only 25 percent of buyers are using a completely systems-based approach for procurement. Freight & Transportation Information Technology PaulMartyn Procurement

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Cerasis

JUNE 14, 2018

The Problem: Shippers Using LTL-Exclusive Shipping Have Minimal, If Any, Profitability in Freight Spend Shippers have been bartered with the topic of LTL shipping for years, including how to make better use of it, reduce freight spend and leverage technology. Unfortunately, the surrounding LTL shipping has resulted in an unusual problem; shippers are turning to LTL-exclusive shipments, which can significantly drive up freight spend. Freight Full Truckload

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Cerasis

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

At Cerasis we work with our shipper customers who procure items every day and have needs for inbound freight management as they secure those products from their vendors. Increasingly, as we work with procurement folks at these companies, we are hearing that technology for better communication and to create more efficiency. The Future of Procurement is Driven by Technology. In 10 years, your day-to-day job in procurement might be radically different.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. The average compensation for CPOs (including Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing) was $263,578. The following results also include Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing in the same bucket: The average compensation for VPs was $208,959. Please keep in mind we’re just reporting the top-line results – the full report is available for free to ISM members.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. So, that tells me that the inventory situation continues to weigh on truck freight volumes. The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, dropped 0.4 percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services. According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. With reporters across the world, no region is neglected. WSJ Reporter.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. It’s becoming more strategic, as companies integrate their Supply Chains and use them as a source of competitive advantage – instead of just a back-office function. The goal is to make the origin of goods more transparent, allowing companies to prove that goods haven’t come from workers under abuse or unsustainable sources. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Organisations that have successfully implemented RPA initiatives report cost savings of up to 80% and time savings of up to a staggering 40%. Procurement. Procurement can also have RPA do dynamic searches of websites to source or conduct market research for future buys and tenders.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

This has proved to be a major source of risk. Poor business continuity planning, lack of risk management programs and single source suppliers, have magnified the impact of such risks. A significant paradigm shift in procurement and inventory control is an emerging area of focus.

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Cerasis

AUGUST 7, 2018

The list of Incoterms is created and managed by the International Chamber of Commerce , and managing supply chain SLAs relies heavily on this decades-old list to ensure consistency and clear communications in contractual details for moving freight. Therefore, having an indisputable source of information, such as blockchain technology, may be used to develop consistency and clarity in managing supply chain SLAs.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

2017 Facts and Figures report by Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the chemical industry accounts for 3.1 Reported by GPCA, “China is one of the key destinations for GCC polyethylene exports. Following COVID-19 the global chemical supply chain market reported a severe decline in output. Supporting localisation – To increase resilience, means to decentralise sourcing.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Consider the following – all in one integrated solution: - full functionality SaaS TMS operational in large scale in all major global regions - a fully integrated global network of carriers across all modes - seamless integration to global trade compliance - automated customs documentation and filing; and - all of this deployed via a SaaS/Cloud solution 80+% of your global carriers and freight forwarders are already in the network. Business environment changes quickly.

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Cerasis

JANUARY 30, 2015

It is important to know who is providing the source data used to develop your KPIs. If you are using components of source data outside of either you or your provider’s control, what are the means of auditing its accuracy? In order to be truly accurate long term, the source data should be available for you or your provider to directly scrutinize. Proper expectations should be set with your provider regarding the reporting requirements.

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Cerasis

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

WorldShipping.org cites data from The Network for Transit and the Environment that shows that measured by grams/kg/km air freight as the largest carbon footprint impact and steamships as the lowest. According to the American Trucking Association, in the USA trucks move 11 billion tons of freight each year; deliver 100 percent of all consumer products and 70 percent of all freight tonnage; and deliver to the 80 percent of U.S.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 14, 2019

A recent NASSTRAC report revealed five common-sense suggestions for shippers navigating today’s disruptive operating environment. The hard-hitting new report from the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) is titled, “ Logistics 2030: Navigating a Disruptive Decade, Year 1 – Freight Transportation ” and it is full of powerful conclusions about what shippers are facing in the coming decade as the pace of technological advancement and change continues to accelerate.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

A March 11 analysis by trading platform Forex.com claimed that nearly 75% of all companies had already reported supply-chain disruptions, with more than 80% believing that at some point they would experience impacts as a result of COVID-19 disruptions. And even if an order from an overseas supplier were to be filled, delivery issues would be compounded by the declining number of air and ocean freight options to move products into the U.S.

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OptiProERP

JUNE 17, 2019

From procurement to shipment, every process of supply chain planning becomes streamlined by improving inventory visibility. . Reporting functions yield accurate insights and data is updated in real-time. Get insight of point-of-sale online transactions, shipment data, procurement and production data on a single screen. Receive Sales Orders from multiple sources and automate the process. Inventory visibility is one of the critical aspects of any manufacturing business.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 3, 2012

In the majority of today’s cold-chain operations, data from condition monitoring is either nonexistent or requires hours or days to procure – making it inactionable. The CMR-6100 is easy to install and maintain, requiring only connecting it to an AC or DC power source – or even a solar power source – and attaching RFID antennas. ZEST Data Services makes it easier for Intelleflex partners to develop enterprise-aware applications by pointing to a single data source.

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Freightos

MARCH 5, 2017

Report from TPM Long Beach. There’s been a slow, persistent march towards increased digitalization and, yes, increased transparency, in the freight industry. This week the Journal of Commerce invited me to advocate for transparency at TPM in a debate where the other side was argued that freight prices will remain private. Long workflows, extensive decision making structures and long-term relationships play an important role in how businesses procure.

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SupplyOn

APRIL 23, 2020

It enables data from various internal departments, such as purchasing and procurement, to be linked (even cross-plant) with external data sources, like SupplyOn Services or freight forwarding systems. The solution combines this information with external data sources on current risks, such as strikes, natural disasters or political turmoil. A central report then provides all results at a glance.

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Cerasis

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Transportation management is no longer a tactical approach to simply moving freight and doing it at the lowest possible cost. As we head towards what many experts are citing as a 2017 carrier capacity crisis and growing demands from consumers to keep them happy call for shorter delivery cycles, the traditional strategy of procurement cost saving and shipment consolidation opportunities have to be supplemented through innovative solutions, to deliver the best bang for the buck.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2020

Statistic: Companies that use TMD applications have achieved freight cost savings of up to 8%. Source: ARC Advisory Group Strategic Report. However, with the integration of AI technology, new platforms are taking TMS capabilities to unprecedented heights, offering even more potential for companies to gain efficiency in transportation and reduce freight costs. AI as an Aid to Procurement Communications. Source: MHI/Deloitte, 2019 Annual Industry Report.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

” Alex Saric, a procurement expert at Ivalua, observes that poor supply chain visibility exposes companies to unwanted risks. Here, a smart approach to procurement will allow companies to improve supplier visibility, put effective measures in place and identify supply chain risks as they appear. Digitalization helps companies obtain the right data from the right sources and ensures that data gets to the right decision-makers.

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Cerasis

JULY 7, 2015

However, technology can be used to turn what seemed as losses into standby sources of revenue. Such tools, like the Cerasis Reverse Logistics product , which is newly released, allow an employee to procure and dispose of surplus product from more than one location. An excellent tip for selling surplus online is by relying on one provider as it creates a point of contact for a client’s need of surplus and creates a report for your KPI regarding older goods.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. Yet with the autobahns, motorways and highways largely free of traffic apart from freight, goods are generally getting through and we are yet to see long-term shortages of food and other essential items. Elizabeth de Jong of the UK Freight Trade Association told the BBC that the demand has been 50 to 100 per cent above usual, and road hauliers have adapted to keep up. Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

They need a general understanding of everything from procurement of raw materials to customer service. How can resources be procured at the best price? What are the best ways to move freight? Nikos Papageorgiou, Vice President of Solutions at Slync, explains, “Transactions in sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and distribution generate hundreds of millions of data points.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 7, 2018

3] McKendrick draws from a report published by Accenture and DHL to make his case. The report states, “The logistics behind global trade is highly complex as it involves many parties often with conflicting interests and priorities as well as the use of different systems to track shipments. … Up to 10 percent of all freight invoices ‘contain inaccurate data which leads to disputes as well as many other process inefficiencies in the logistics industry.’

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets. In the procurement space, what I want to be able to assess is risk management.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Billal Chouli explains, “A supply chain is a network of suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, as well as intermediaries including freight companies, warehousing companies, and brokers, who transfer goods, services, money, and information amongst one another. A supply chain is an end to end process which typically begins with the sourcing of raw materials and concludes with the sale of a good to the final customer.”[1]

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