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TMS – Visibility, Productivity, Performance and Savings

Supply Chain Collaborator

A recent American Shipper report on the subject of domestic TMS adoption by shippers in the US reveals that just shy of two thirds of US companies with more than $100 million in annual freight spend are using TMS systems to manage transportation. The same report shows that a whopping 58% of TMS users are yielding freight spend reductions between 2% and 10% – the largest segment (28%) capturing around 8% annual freight savings.

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7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. The Negotiation Before the Negotiation! Article, and permission to publish here, provided by Sam Jenks at [link]. Procurement bridges the gap between product, internal stakeholders and customers. In order to support the weight of internal and external expectations, Procurement teams must be prepared to perform as a key value adder within an organization.

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Pursuit of Value, Good Data Underlie Healthcare Supply-Chain Trends in 2019

Supply Chain Brain

The continuing pursuit of value-based healthcare is at the crux of many of the trends that will impact the healthcare supply chain in 2019.

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Right Data. For the Right Decisions. Using the Right Technology – RightSpend.

Ms. Category Management

Learn more about Beekman Associates and their data driven marketing procurement tool - Rightspend. See what puts it into a category all of it's own.

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Second Annual GLOBE Awards Honor Excellence in Transportation Logistics

Supply Chain Collaborator

Awards Program Sponsored by UltraShipTMS Honors Transportation Excellence at Tyson Foods, Omnimax and Castellini Group. February 4, 2019 – Fair Lawn, NJ – Renowned provider of transportation logistics management software platform UltraShipTMS is proud to announce the recipients of their annual GLOBE awards. The GLOBE Awards program is designed to recognize excellence in the utilization and promotion of leading edge technologies supporting effective transportation planning, execution and managem

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Chinese New Year: Tips to Keep Your Supply Chain Efficient! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Importing From China! The Essential Guide! (Video). Article, and permission to publish here, provided by Louis at [link]. Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and more and more freight companies are working on how to sustain productivity and efficiency. For small businesses that are new to experiencing this holiday, during Chinese New Year, some China-based companies are temporarily shutting down their activities to celebrate and administer different superst

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The Future of Air Freight Shipping

The Network Effect

The future is looking bright for air freight. There was a positive outlook for profitability in 2018, which was supported. The post The Future of Air Freight Shipping appeared first on The Network Effect.

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High Inventory Levels: Overcoming the Challenge

EazyStock

High Inventory Levels: A Problem for Everyone. Small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) often ignore high inventory levels. Either they don’t have enough time or human resources to address the challenge or they don’t have the right tools for the job. But surprisingly, high inventory levels aren’t only a challenge for SMBs; large enterprise corporations are fighting similar battles.

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What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? (Video)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? What is Supply Chain Management? The term was coined over 35 years ago but still to this day there are a large number of different definitions of SCM. To someone who is starting out their career, or who is new to the field of Supply Chain, it is understandable that there may be confusion as to the definition of SCM.

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The Procurement Economy in 2019: Bracing Yourself for the Future

Jaggaer

As we’ve explored in our last two blog posts, economists are predicting a decline in global economic growth due to policy and trade issues both in the United States and the European Union , bringing an increased risk to supply chains and procurement organizations. This increased risk requires organizations to be proactive and innovative if they are to successfully navigate 2019.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Cvent – My 1 Day Ultimate Training Review

Ms. Category Management

Review of my one day training with CVENT by Ms Category Managgment.

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Vietnamese Dong Press Release

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Claritum processes first transaction in Vietnamese Dong. Bath, UK (January 1st , 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that the Claritum platform had processed the first of many transactions in Vietnamese Dong. “With the Claritum system being accessible worldwide from the Cloud, we see many different currencies being used to transact purchases.” said Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Claritum.

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Read how Maxim Healthcare implemented P2P in 8 weeks

ivalua

The post Read how Maxim Healthcare implemented P2P in 8 weeks appeared first on Ivalua.

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Malaysian Ringgit Press Release

Claritum

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Claritum processes first transaction in Malaysian Ringgit. Bath, UK (January 1st , 2019) – Claritum, a provider of cloud based spend management solutions, today announced that the Claritum platform had processed the first of many transactions in Malaysian Ringgit. “With the Claritum system being accessible worldwide from the Cloud, we see many different currencies being used to transact purchases.” said Richard Hillum, Executive Chairman at Clarit

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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IVALUA NOW 2019 reveals innovations that will transform The Art of Procurement

ivalua

Premier event for Procurement & Supply Chain practitioners will showcase latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and extensive line-up of industry leaders. Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced the agenda for its marquee annual event series, Ivalua NOW 2019. The event will bring over 1000 procurement, supply chain and finance leaders together at 2 locations, April 10-12 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris and April 29 – May 1 at the Ren