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Developing Agile Procurement Strategies: Thriving Amid Global Trade Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. Lets break it down with some examples that hit home: Supplier Diversification : Reflecting on the disruptions caused by the pandemic, companies heavily reliant on Chinese suppliers faced significant challenges.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree. Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree discuss sourcing strategy: effective vs efficient. When developing a sourcing strategy, the focus can be effectiveness (gaining desired results) or on efficiency (reducing cost, labor, and resources used). About Ron Crabtree. Ron Crabtree.

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. They promoted logistics to the level of core process and enabler of new business models and now view a thought-through logistics strategy as an opportunity to stand out by offering a better service level to their customers, such as same-day delivery. Automation as key for growth.

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Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers

Logistics Viewpoints

Treating suppliers as essential partners in the field of direct spend management—almost like customers—can be a key component of a successful company strategy. Market Intelligence: Suppliers often have access to valuable business and supply market intelligence, which can inform a company’s strategy especially in the area of direct spend.

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The Power of Decile Data: Why It’s a Game-Changer for the Green Industry

WorkWave

By ranking prospects and customers into ten groups, from least likely to buy to most likely, green industry businesses can pinpoint high-value clients, optimize marketing campaigns and allocate resources more efficiently. For example , let’s consider a dataset of 100 lawn measurements in a given town. Heres another example.

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Navigating M&A Trends in the Transportation, Logistics, and Energy Storage Space

Logistics Viewpoints

For stakeholders navigating this environment, understanding key industry drivers, challenges, and future trends is critical for crafting effective strategies. For example, the global logistics automation market is expected to grow from $50 billion in 2023 to $120 billion by 2030, according to Allied Market Research.

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Blue Yonder Pivots to a Partnership Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example. Blue Yonder recognized the need to transform into a Partner First organization as part of its core growth strategy. Recently there was a meeting in Dallas where executives from Blue Yonder were sharing their strategies around WMS and TMS with the partners. “We