Aberdeen research shows 78% of Chief Supply Chain Officers identify visibility as top priority. This sector insight report from Aberdeen describes strategic actions companies are taking and rolls up other key findings and recommendations from past supply chain visibility research studies.

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In today’s globally outsourced business environment, most of the data that companies need to run their supply chains resides with partners, and typically in the systems of those partners.
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It has been a little less than ten years since the development and implementation of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. What began with seven charter members has now expanded into a partnership program of over 10,000 participants, covering all entities involved in the global supply chain. Although growth of the program over the years has been impressive, with over 810,000 U.S. importers1 and over 11,000 active U.S. customs brokers alone, there is still great opportunity to increase participation in the program.

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Quality data is the fuel for any business software. In international trade and logistics, where critical datacomes from partners scattered across the globe, the challenge of obtaining quality data is even greater.
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In a world gone flat, global expansion is a necessity if one is to remain competitive. For most companies, such a shift in operations also adds complexity to the trade functions that support those operations.
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Outsourcing non-core activities, like logistics and warehouse management, reduces the complexity, risks, costs and time to go-live of ERP systems. It's common for companies implementing all-encompassing ERP systems to have at least some problems, delays and cost overruns.
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Leveraging 3PL's enables performance improvement and rapid transformation to achieve supply chain excellence.
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What steps can you take now to make sure your warehouse or DC can hit the ground running as the bull market returns? We weathered the economic storm and it looks like the proverbial sun is coming out again. It’s all good, right? But wait – this means an upswing in new clients, orders and shipments may be just around the corner. 

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In this white paper, SMC³ explores general management benchmarking best practices; benchmark pricing examples; superior LTL benchmarking characteristics; and the specific, tangible business benefits and value benchmark pricing tools provide to LTL freight purchasers and vendors alike.
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With extensive knowledge of the cross-border Canadian supply chain, Purolator USA is pleased to offer you this thought provoking whitepaper to assist you in reducing your company's transportation spend.
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