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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

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As an increasing number of organizations engage with vendors on a global level to fulfill their supply chains, the need for supply chain robustness has never been so critical. The Global Supply Chain Landscape: What is the current situation?

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TMS Delivers on NASSTRAC’s Five Common Sense Suggestions for Shippers

Supply Chain Collaborator

Unsurprisingly, these suggestions aligned perfectly with the technology solutions already in production from top TMS software solutions. It is no longer sufficient to manage transportation using best guesses. In a competitive business climate organizations need to make the right decisions the first time.

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TMS Software Eases the Pain of Zero-Based Budgeting

Supply Chain Collaborator

They’ve begun with large strokes like eliminating hundreds of redundant management jobs and luxuries like corporate jets. These proven solutions provide visibility into even the most granular cost drivers of transportation like those examined by zero-based budgeting.

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A Great TMS Improves Order-to-Cash Lifecycle

Supply Chain Collaborator

With lean supply chain/inventory strategies and just-in-time fulfillment at the forefront of contemporary business practices, it has never been more critical to shorten the gap between purchase order and settlement. The key is to shrink the amount of time between order submittal, invoice delivery and customer payment.

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UltraShipTMS Integrates MacroPoint for Superior Shipment Visibility

Supply Chain Collaborator

Software-as-a-Service Solutions Provider Enables MacroPoint Load Position Monitoring Capability for More Effective Transportation Execution. More timely and accurate updates on shipment status are key to improving pickup and delivery scheduling, easing delays at origins and destination sites.

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3 Strategies for Locking In Trucking Capacity

Supply Chain Collaborator

Transportation planners and managers have long suffered the pain of capacity crunch and recent government regulations have only exacerbated the challenges. The longer lead times and better scheduling enabled by TMS solutions help to minimize unpaid dwell times while fostering quicker load and unload times.