The most important goal for any supply chain is meeting demand. To that end, procurement and supply chain teams spend anywhere from 40% to 60% of their time calling and emailing suppliers, freight forwarders, and third-party partners to get updates on their purchase order statuses. They are...
“Where’s my stuff?” That one fundamental inquiry stands head-and-shoulders and stacks-of-containers above all others. Today, companies are trying to gain a competitive advantage in the $9 trillion logistics industry by hiring teams of people to call and email their suppliers and freight forwarders...
Right now, in some ways, the supply chain world is like a car with a manual transmission that can’t shift into a faster gear. Teams are exhausted as nearly every aspect of the supply chain has faced disruption over the last several years. As the global supply chain gets more connected over time,...
There is no debating the need for purchase order management in the supply chain. Nor would anyone deny they need a PO management system that would allow them to quickly and efficiently know the status of every PO throughout its lifecycle. Still, some teams routinely spend up to 60% of their time...