Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2025

Its a rollercoaster for logistics and supply chain leaders operating in global markets. Businesses are facing greater volatility as tariff changes wreak havoc on supply chains, operational costs, and overall profitability. Intensifying geopolitical unrest. Increasing concerns over mass supply chain disruptions.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook.

Optimal Sourcing

ivalua

JUNE 12, 2025

That’s because procurement professionals like you are under constant pressure to cut costs, reduce risk, and deliver data-backed insights to the business. This blog offers a clear, practical overview of what spend analysis is, how it supports strategic sourcing, and why it matters for both direct and indirect procurement.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2025

Pharmaceuticals No finalized agreement has been reached for pharmaceuticals, though both parties have committed to negotiate preferential terms. has objected to the tax and indicated that future digital trade negotiations will require its removal or revision. Further negotiations are expected. Tariffs on U.S.

Negotiating Skills

GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

Shippers that rely on imports have obviously been among the first to feel the financial strain as rising costs disrupt supply chains and profitability. Companies now must make strategic decisions regarding pricing, shipping, supply chains and overall logistics. The newly implemented 2025 U.S.

Material Savings

Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

Optimal Sourcing

Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

What Is Strategic Sourcing? A Complete Guide Strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. Which Suppliers Are Truly Strategic? Strategic sourcing makes sense for suppliers that are of strategic importance to your organization.

Negotiating Skills

ivalua

JULY 1, 2025

Fragmented systems, rising cost pressures, and shifting risk profiles are making it harder than ever to manage procurement effectively. This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one.

Material Savings

Kinaxis

JUNE 11, 2025

The resulting strategic question for companies is: How do we build resilient supply chains when even the rule-makers are unstable? Automakers must model dual-path sourcing strategies and reintroduce buffer inventory—not just for parts, but for regulatory flexibility. to “Can we trust any trade rule will hold?”

Pharmaceutical

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. These agents can communicate, negotiate, and collaborate to solve complex problems. Al Syed said, is key in moving from an incremental application ROI to bigger, more strategic forms of value creation. Industrial data is voluminous.

Negotiating Skills

ivalua

JULY 1, 2025

Fragmented systems, rising cost pressures, and shifting risk profiles are making it harder than ever to manage procurement effectively. This blog explains what a successful procurement strategy looks like in 2025, including a working definition, a strategic procurement framework, and the key steps to building one.

Material Savings

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Dive into our curated list of the top 12 blogs from 2024 that will elevate your supply chain knowledge and give you a competitive edge. However, it covers key differences between purchasing and procurement, explores common contract types, and emphasizes the importance of strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management.

Negotiating Skills

Procurement Academy

APRIL 10, 2025

Recent and proposed tariff changes are reshaping the landscape at a rapid speed, putting supply chain leaders on high alert and forcing businesses to rethink sourcing strategies, supplier relationships, and cost structures. A highly skilled supply chain workforce is critical to responding quickly and strategically to disruption.

Negotiating Skills

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 9, 2025

Global Events and Tariffs Significantly Impact Cotton: Geopolitical shifts, economic fluctuations, and tariffs directly reshape cotton logistics strategies, influencing everything from sourcing to transportation costs. Understanding these macro factors is vital for success.

Sourcing Strategies

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Why Transformation Is a Boardroom Priority Supply chain management is now a core strategic concern for business leaders. The Shift from Cost-Cutting to Resilience For years, supply chains prioritized cost reduction over resilience. Companies that fail to integrate these technologies risk inefficiencies and higher costs.

Supply Chain Software

SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As businesses strive to enhance efficiency, resilience, and sustainability, the demand for skilled supply chain professionals has never been higher. This blog explores how MTSS platforms can be strategically utilized to build the competencies necessary for success in supply chain management.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Increased globalization, constant digital transformation, and ever-evolving consumer demands have led to a situation where traditional supply chain skills are simply no longer enough for success. There is now a pressing need for supply chain professionals to acquire and develop new skills that are better suited to modern organizations.

Negotiating Skills

ivalua

MAY 29, 2025

Misaligned priorities, siloed systems, and unclear ownership can directly impact key performance indicators like cost savings percentage and procurement cycle time. Supply Chain Management: Procurement is responsible for identifying suppliers, negotiating contracts, and ensuring cost-effective, compliant purchases.

Procurement Solutions

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

Jones Act regulations, limited carrier options, capacity constraints, inter-island transfers and price rigidity all make Hawaii a challenging edge case for shippers that requires bespoke strategies and careful thinking. A second layer of pricing. These assumptions quickly receive a reality check.

Hawaii

Freightos

JUNE 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 Blog Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 98% to $5,488/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) increased 61% to $6,410/FEU. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 17% to $2,757/FEU. America weekly prices fell 1% to $5.27/kg.

Negotiating Skills

Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

Optimal Sourcing

BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2025

Companies importing and exporting goods, be it finished retail products, manufacturing components or materials, now face substantial cost and price pressures that squeeze margins and force difficult pricing, sourcing, operations and distribution decisions. The result?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Jaggaer

JULY 3, 2025

Today, however, TGW Logistics is also benefiting from significant cost savings: in 2023 alone, process costs were reduced by around 2.4 Today, however, TGW Logistics is also benefiting from significant cost savings: in 2023 alone, process costs were reduced by around 2.4 million euros. million euros.

Optimal Sourcing

ivalua

MAY 10, 2025

Enterprise procurement leaders are under more pressure than ever—juggling cost control, compliance, supplier risk, and internal complexity, all while trying to modernize outdated systems. This evolution reflects procurement’s growing role as a strategic business partner. What Is Procurement Technology?

Procurement Solutions

Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home No More Black Swans: The Age of Supply Chain Uncertainty Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses. What’s become increasingly clear is that there are no more black swans in global logistics.

Supply Chain Design Software

Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

Since January, Canadians’ weekly grocery trips have become a real-time indicator for the potential impacts of tariffs as shoppers have responded to threats with a showcase of buying power, prioritizing nationally sourced and manufactured products even before a single tariff was enacted. goods were “ rapidly dropping.”

Beverage

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Without experienced managers in place, truck availability drops, repairs are delayed, and cost control becomes difficult. These individuals are key to maintaining operational efficiency, cost control, and compliance. Strong supplier agreements and pricing structures depend on consistent leadership. Rising costs.

Negotiating Skills

Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

According to Interos.ai, a supply chain risk intelligence provider, “Supply chain cyber attacks targeting physical infrastructure could cost the global economy billions in 2025.”[6] Third-party logistics providers are expected to face heightened cybersecurity threats.” 4] Inside Logistics, op. Cyber Attacks.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Precoro

JULY 1, 2025

Definition: Vendor relations is a strategic practice of cultivating productive, long-term relationships with suppliers. When done right, it’s beneficial for both sides: vendors get a reliable client, while companies benefit from a stable supply chain, consistent product quality, better pricing, and room to grow and collaborate.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Today’s fast-moving supply networks demand more than intuition; they require systems thinking, digital fluency, and strong data skills. As a result, the degree plays a growing role in boosting cost efficiency and visibility across supply chains. Their role shifts from day-to-day problem solvers to strategic enablers.

Vendor Strategies

TransAudit

JULY 24, 2025

In today’s complex logistics landscape, shippers are demanding more than just periodic tracking updates. End-to-End visibility —once a buzzword—is now a business imperative, unlocking the power of data analytics to improve performance, reduce costs, and manage risk with confidence. Which lanes are underperforming?

Real-time Visibility

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Introduction As global supply chains evolve, ensuring cost efficiency is crucial. One way to assess the cost performance of any function within the supply chain is through Cost Performance Index (CPI). What contexts can it be used in and how, as well as the benefits of using cost performance index in supply chain contexts.

Negotiating Skills

Procurement Academy

APRIL 24, 2025

But the truth is, when these two functions join forces, the results can be game-changing: lower costs, faster responses, and a more resilient operation overall. While each has its own responsibilities, both share a common goal: ensuring that the organization has what it needs, when it needs it, at the right cost and quality.

Optimal Sourcing

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

CSCMP Certification and SCMDOJO are rich in knowledge and resources, but we must distinguish their prominent differences to select the best. SCMDOJO provides competitive pricing, with most courses available for $49. The first level of certification consists of exams, costing an exam fee of $975 & member fee of $650.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

With Freightos Procure, were now in a position to build true Procurement Intelligence by combining global market data with modern sourcing and decision-making processes. And yes, we see ourselves a bit like a Robin Hood for logistics unlocking intelligence and access not just for the few, but for the entire global ecosystem.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 28, 2025

From material shortages to logistical bottlenecks, custom home builders are facing a range of obstacles that threaten project timelines, budgets, and client satisfaction. To mitigate the impact of rising costs , builders can work closely with clients to establish clear budget expectations from the outset.

Sourcing Strategies

Precoro

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This team controls what’s bought, from where, and at what cost for the entire organization. These benefits aren’t just about lower prices; they’re also about reducing transportation and inventory costs, which can really add up over time. Getting the goods to the right place The next step is logistics.

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