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The Strategic Importance of Global Procurement

Logistics Bureau

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

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4 Challenges in Global Transportation Management

3rdwave

There are 4 fundamental areas where global transportation is challenged. Three of these challenges are variants on traditional transportation challenges and the last is relatively new but growing in importance. These challenges are: Information Accessibility – visibility, reporting & analysis, communication.

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FedEx Partners for Visibility, New CEO Focuses on Quality

Intelligent Audit

While focusing on revenue quality and minimizing operational costs, an article by Supply Chain Dive noted that the parcel giant may even allow further collaboration between FedEx Express and FedEx Ground which have been historically separate until 2020. Transpacific Container Rates In Turmoil. year-on-year.”

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How to Optimize Global Demand Fulfillment

3rdwave

Global transportation is the nexus through which all related international transportation information flows. Capturing, aggregating, and analyzing all the global supply chain transportation and product/SKU level detail is foundational to having end-to-end supply chain visibility. visibility to performance metrics.

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How to Manage Supply Chains as a Manufacturer with Automation and AI

Locus Robotics

In some settings, IoT devices can detect defects and notify staff of quality control issues. For example, software systems that share data about inventory levels, supplier data, and purchase order history can automatically generate a purchase order when the material reaches the reorder point.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

TMC

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain.

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5 Reasons Why You Need a TMS to Build a Resilient Supply Chain

TMC

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain.