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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

It has spot procurement functionality that you would see in a transportation management system (TMS), and the request for proposal (RFP) functionality you would see in contract planning or procurement solutions. They will send carriers a request for proposal (RFP). The Emerge RFP is free for shippers.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

The bad news is that the new hire became an autocratic demand planner dictating a solution to Technology Company A requiring customization. In 2008, the demand planner leaves the meatpacking Company to train for the Olympics. New demand planners start using the system without clarity on what makes a good plan. Be careful.

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Seven Supply Chain Processes To Stop Doing In The Pandemic

Supply Chain Shaman

The fourth process to stop Request for Proposal (RFP) processes. Transportation RFPs are particularly problematic. A transportation RFP is a waste of time—instead, partner with logistics service providers. H elp Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful in These Uncertain Times. The reason?

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Editor’s Choice: Creating Full Truckload Budgets in a Volatile Market

Logistics Viewpoints

From there the company runs an RFP, the lane-specific results of which are multiplied by projected loads to determine what the “bottom line” budget figure will be. First, budget teams do their best to estimate what the volume of loads will be during the upcoming period.

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Forecasting: Let’s Start by Asking the Right Questions

Supply Chain Shaman

We have been building a RFP. RFPs and powerpoint presentations are the worst way to buy decision support technologies like supply chain planning. I find that too many companies try to buy forecasting software through a Request For Proposal (RFP). Do not send the market into a tail spin with a RFP. See Figure 2.

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Improve Your Response Time to Market Through Effective Benchmarking

Talking Logistics

In other words, if a planner receives multiple spot quotes for a load, the best he or she can do is a comparative analysis between the quotes without a benchmark. This data enables a planner to know the exact impact when a primary carrier does not execute all of the awarded volume on a lane.

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Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics

The Logistics of Logistics

It is a unique solution that has attributes of different supply chain solutions – spot procurement functionality from a TMS, an RFP platform for contract planning, and a managed transportation data model. Managed trans providers have visibility to the procurement of all the shippers they work on behalf of.