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Tail Spend: Your Guide to Full Spend Visibility and Savings

Una

This is where strategic sourcing professionals spend most of their time, communicating directly with their top suppliers through an SRM program , and using cutting-edge procurement software to analyze spend and track risk. Even with the help of procurement tech, it takes time and resources to bring an unruly tail spend under control.

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285: Unlock the Power of Partnerships, with Cargo Chief and Hubtek

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Cargo Chief enables 3PLs and freight brokers to expand their carrier network, gain visibility into real-time pricing, and streamline their processes. And we serve everything up on our project and procurement software… for an easier way to book freight.”. We solve some of the industry’s biggest issues….

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Alpine Investors’ ASG Acquires Trucker Tools

Supply Chain Brain

ASG, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors that buys and builds vertical SaaS companies, has announced that it has acquired Trucker Tools, a digital freight management platform that provides capacity management, predictive freight matching, automated booking, real-time GPS-based visibility and digital workflow solutions for the transportation industry. (..)

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Real Time Supplier Collaboration w/o Emails – Sheldon Mydat from Suppeco

The Procuretech Podcast

Creating a structure and a visibility across all of this activity is key, so as those affected can actually see it bearing fruit. Sheldon uses "just-in-time" (JIT) as a great example of how supply chains have been primarily driven by cost savings activities rather than collaboration. Book a Call with James. Useful links.

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Supply Chain Forecasting — Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Although it always relates to demand and sales projections, forecasting can also be used to determine product pricing, lead times, labor needs, and more. The integration of AI into forecasting improves accuracy, saves more money, and helps businesses react to exceptions in real-time.

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The Future of FP&A: How The Role Is Evolving With The Use Of Real-Time Data

Planergy

Cristian Maradiaga King Ocean Book a Live Demo Download a free copy of "Indirect Spend Guide", to learn: Where the best opportunities for savings are in indirect spend. How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. Thanks to AI and other tools, you can now make better decisions with real-time data.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

Coming at a time when the pandemic is depressing global consumption of oil thanks to plummeting travel plans and shelter in place orders, it seems counter intuitive that demand to move oil would be at record high volumes. By Furnishing Upstream and Downstream Visibility to More Effectively Coordinate with all Facets of the Supply Chain.