Originally published in Talking Logistics In a survey, Talking Logistics conducted in October 2020, 91% of their Indago supply chain research community members, who are all supply chain executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies, either “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” that the time had come to transform the traditional transportation procurement process. Yet, we all know that…
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