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Data is the New Freight: Why Real-Time Visibility and Accurate Data are Critical for Transportation Spend Management

TransAudit

With global transportation costs climbing and carrier networks becoming more complex, transportation spend management has become a strategic priority — not just a back-office function. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, data is as valuable as the freight itself.

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Gartner Wades into Geo Politics with Advice for Supply Chains given Iran Israeli Hostilities

Supply Chain Digest

Assess and mitigate exposure to new global transportation bottlenecks 2. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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13 Reasons Why You Need a Global Transportation Management System (TMS)

3rdwave

In today’s turbulent trading environment, strong global transportation management capabilities deliver exceptional benefits and value. The reality is that most companies do a poor job of managing the global transportation process…if they manage it at all. Let me qualify that statement.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is exciting to see a country so excited about building global transportation infrastructure. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. How Have They Done?

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13 Reasons Why You Need a Global Transportation Management System (TMS)

3rdwave

In today’s turbulent trading environment, strong global transportation management capabilities deliver exceptional benefits and value. The reality is that most companies do a poor job of managing the global transportation process…if they manage it at all. Let me qualify that statement.

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How Do You Measure “Free Time” Across Your Global Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

How do you account for Free Time across your global supply chain? This is where metrics can get a little fuzzy. For example, I worked with a customer recently who budgeted demurrage at 4% of their transportation spend. However, the reality was that the 4% metric was misleading.

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Global Logistics and the Transportation Management Center: The Next Phase in Network Agility

BlueYonder

The TMC merges technology, organization and processes to establish a set of services leveraging the scale and efficiency of consolidated network planning, procurement and unified metrics with the agility of localized execution. Transportation & Logistics Global Logistics Network Agility transportation Transportation Management Center'