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7 Core Competencies for Optimizing Global Transportation and Freight Spend

3rdwave

Managing a global supply chain network requires the ability to manage and control both global transportation execution and the associated freight spend. In a constantly shifting and competitive global trading environment, it is increasingly important to control all costs across the entire supply chain.

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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

Talking Logistics

If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of widgets and receive them over a specified period of time. Freight is unique. Data rules.

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4 Challenges in Global Transportation Management

3rdwave

There are 4 fundamental areas where global transportation is challenged. Three of these challenges are variants on traditional transportation challenges and the last is relatively new but growing in importance. Transportation Cost Management. It is an important part of an effective and efficient global supply chain.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

Digitization Supply Chain Management, like many other industries in the past decade, has iteratively undergone transformational periods of digitization — shifts to digital processes essential for remaining competitive and profitable in the global marketplace. Author information Kevin Doubleday Fluree is a blockchain databae company.

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How is Your Supply Chain Positioned for the Ocean Carrier Mergers?

Talking Logistics

Change is the only real constant when managing global supply chains, regardless of the type of goods or any other supply chain attribute; change is driving your supply chain. The most recent change on the ocean carrier front is the OOCL purchase by Cosco Shipping Holdings and Shanghai International Port Group for $6.3

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7 Core Competencies for Optimizing Global Transportation and Freight Spend

3rdwave

Managing a global supply chain network requires the ability to manage and control both global transportation execution and the associated freight spend. In a constantly shifting and competitive global trading environment, it is increasingly important to control all costs across the entire supply chain.

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The Business Case for a Global TMS

3rdwave

Managing global freight is ladened with challenges. Demands on the transportation teams are growing as political posturing ramps up causing rapid disruption to global supply chains. Major Benefits of a Global TMS. The global TMS functionality necessary to support execution control are: Freight contract management.