Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic Sourcing Is Smart Procurement Strategic sourcing is thus a smart approach to procurement because it considers each sourcing project to be unique based on analysis, insight and knowledge of the marketplace. Traditional sourcing focuses on high volumes and bulk buying to secure discounts.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

Supply Chain Planning Software

E2open

MARCH 27, 2025

(NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, today announced that e2open has been positioned by Gartner as a Leader for the third consecutive year in the 2025 Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems1. View a complimentary copy of the Magic Quadrant report at e2open.com.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Freight Waves

JULY 12, 2025

While “typical” has become a relative term in recent years due to shifting and increasingly normalized shipping behaviors, this early peak offers valuable insight into what transportation markets might expect for the remainder of 2025. This situation presents a double-edged sword for many companies. ports from around the world.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While multi-industry logistics, transportation and customer fulfilment teams might have languished with a sigh of relief, they are likely to be aware that this new contract is not a done deal yet. Yet, there is still a reported lag times related to movement of containers to intermodal inland rail or surface trucking transportation.

Negotiating Skills

SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Higher Costs and Lower Profits: While recession may incur low demand, operational costs such as energy and transportation can remain high or fluctuate unpredictably. Double-Edged Sword of Inventory Management: Declining demand presents a significant dilemma for inventory management.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Procurement teams may use one platform, while logistics depends on another, and finance runs an entirely separate system. With MIS training, supply professionals can layer external variables such as seasonal behavior, economic data, or transportation metrics into predictive models. This complexity makes visibility essential.

Vendor Strategies

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Many virtual attendees were also present, with representatives from across logistics, procurement, manufacturing, IT and sustainability not only learning from the esteemed speakers presenting, but also sharing their expertise and experiences.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 22, 2025

The last five years have prompted many businesses to interrogate whether their pricing processes are fit for purpose, but the extreme challenge presented by the current trade policy landscape has heightened that need. Andrew Butt is founder and CEO of Enable.

Price Reduction

Taulia

APRIL 10, 2025

AI is like Detroit in the early days of the automotive sector; we understand the power of the technology, but we have no way of knowing the speed with which it will transform our lives just as those early pioneers of the automobile had no concept of how fast the car would revolutionize the world of transport and everything impacted by it.

Report

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

Though Hawaii presents exceptional complexity, it serves as a valuable stress test for global shippers. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 requires that goods transported between U.S. The landscape is shaped by a complex lattice of variables. ports be carried on ships that are built in America, and owned and crewed by Americans.

Hawaii

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 18, 2025

Supply chain software is a game-changing tool that offers immense opportunities for growth and success in the transportation services market. It must address various demands, including indirect procurement requests, project and manufacturing requirements, and external customer demands. Digital Opportunity for 3PL Logistics Operations!

Waste Reduction

Precoro

MARCH 27, 2025

According to McKinsey & Company, procurement accounts for 50% to 80% of a company’s cost base. That’s why organizations zero in on strategies to achieve procurement cost reduction.    The key thing to remember is that cost reduction in procurement isn’t just about slashing expenses.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. The disruptions and the themes are similar along with added observations. Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog.

Supply Chain Disruption

ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The platform at present provides a unified network to 85,000+ brands, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and banks for supply chain orchestration from source to delivery. The tool provides enhanced visibility across the chain uniting different touch points like transportation, labor, automation, and distribution.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Transportation regulations The movement of goods across different jurisdictions and territories often requires detailed knowledge of various local regulations and requirements. Parties can present their respective cases to an arbitrator or panel, who then provide a binding decision. Litigation should be seen as the final option.

Pricing Training

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scaling manufacturing operations is crucial for business growth but presents unique challenges. Transportation and Logistics: Increased production volume complicates logistics. Mitigate disruptions by diversifying procurement channels through a multi-sourcing strategy.

Material Savings

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2025

This annual report is researched and complied by global consulting firm Kearney and presented by Penske Logistics. The cost of drivers were reported as 6 percent in overall transportation costs, 4.9 The overall theme of this latest 2025 report was aptly titled- “ Navigating the fog.” Costs in all of 2024 rose a reported 5.4

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Bob Ferrari in a recent authored commentary of this platform has predicted that 2025 will present businesses and associated supply chain management teams with an added period of high uncertainties, constant developments involving tariffs and trade war related actions, not to mention increased disruptive events.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2025

The Supply Chain Matters blog alerts readers to the opportunity to attend the upcoming MIT Center for Logistics and Transportations (CTL) annual Crossroads event. The Event The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) will host its 12 th annual Crossroads event on Tuesday, March 19.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

That stated, in certain regions such as across Europe and China , the year continues to present economic and manufacturing challenges. Shipping lines again managed to extract added spot rates and surcharges which have impacted business transportation budgets. That compares with last October’s forecast, which originally forecasted 2.9

Predictive Analytics Software

SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

In the hyper-connected global economy of the present day, supply chains traverse continents, cultures, and myriad communication barriers. Procurement staff must send alternate sourcing orders. Ukraine Conflict As conflict flared in Ukraine, companies with Eastern European supply chains had to change procurement channels overnight.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Any of these incidents involving high profile brands presents learning to the impacted industry and to the broader supply chain management community. We equated these cycles to periods where supply chain related cost reductions were prominent, spilling over to quality control shortfalls and/or inspection of facilities and equipment.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 16, 2025

As an example, Gartner cites the 94% of supply chain logistics leaders that either currently have a supply chain management transportation system or plan to deploy one in the next one or two years. ( link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! God bless america from its present distraction.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

BlueYonder

MARCH 10, 2025

Orchestrating the flow of thousands of parts from numerous suppliers presents a logistical nightmare, making it incredibly difficult to predict demand for specific configurations and avoid either surplus inventory or part shortages. ICE vehicle production planners grapple with the sheer number of components and tiers within the supply chain.

Modeling

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 19, 2025

Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, U.S. This was a process where recommendations could be presented to the President before the actual imposition of such levels of tariffs. Reportedly, fifteen aviation focused industry associations have communicated with U.S. Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick and U.S Both the U.S.

Aerospace

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 24, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Supply Chain Planning Software

SCMDOJO

JANUARY 15, 2025

Mid-Level Opportunities Mid-level roles, like supply chain analysts and procurement specialists, involve process evaluation, supplier negotiations, and team supervision. Problem-Solving Supply chain management often presents unforeseen challenges. Continuous learning ensures you stay ahead in this dynamic field.

Negotiating Skills

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Gartner

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2025

It’s the agency’s number-two priority, to be precise — second only to smoking out “waste, fraud and abuse” in white-collar crime, especially in health care and government procurement programs. In a policy memo issued in May, DOJ singled out “trade and customs fraud, including tariff evasion,” as an area of particular focus.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

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Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! They bring a level playing field to the transportation world that in the past was rigid but looked good on spreadsheets. God bless america from its present distraction. I am sending this to my colleagues who work with me. We have to keep this in mind.

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Ongoing disruptions in the Middle East are driving up supply chain costs across energy, transportation, insurance, inventory, and technology. Assess and mitigate exposure to new global transportation bottlenecks 2. link] Robert Transportation Manager, N/A Posted on: Aug, 30 2016 Good article! Supply Chain Digest Says.

Gartner