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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). Besides surgery, the hospital is also investing in robotics for the transportation and delivery of medications.

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Improving Decision Making by 75% using Supply Chain Visualization

Sunflower Lab

KPI Dashboard Units Per Transaction Metric: This metric calculates the average number of units sold per transaction. Logistics Dashboard Transportation Cost Dashboard : The Transportation Cost Dashboard enables SMBs to monitor transportation costs per unit, freight expenses, and fuel consumption.

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Freight Forwarder: Key Workflows and Technology

Altexsoft

Freight forwarders are experts that boost global trade and international transportation. Freight forwarders are intermediaries between shippers (manufacturers, wholesalers, or retailers) and carriers ( sea , air, and land transportation providers) that organize and coordinate the movement of goods across international borders.

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Logistics Management Systems: How Warehouse, Transportation, and Distribution Software Work

Altexsoft

Digitalization will allow warehousing and transportation operations to elevate customer experience, deliver more value to partners, and consequently – create an effective ecosystem of supply chain providers: manufacturers, carriers, freight forwarders, and more. Strategic transport planning. Transport management.

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Rail Fleet Management: How Technologies Help Handle Asset Tracking and Maintenance in Freight Rail Industry

Altexsoft

Railroads are an indispensable part of the supply chain when transporting both bulk shipments and intermodal containers. Most businesses mainly focus on asset tracking and maintenance, but there are more activities involved. It’s crucial to keep just the right number of assets to meet transportation demand and freight requirements.

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Terminal Operating Systems: Main Features, Integration, and Providers Overview

Altexsoft

For example, in the US, the situation in the Port of Oakland is the worst with vessels taking an average of six days to unload and load (import containers are waiting for eleven days to get transported). connected inland transportation (arrangement of cargo movement). Some of the important KPI categories that have to be monitored are.

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Procurement Analytics: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implementation Approaches

Altexsoft

Indirect spend is any expenses that are needed to operate the business, such as office supplies, utilities, transportation, insurance, marketing, business travel, warehousing costs, wages, and so on. This KPI also helps categorize your suppliers. Inventory-related KPIs. Indirect spend elements.