1、KTurning Chaos into Control:Strategies For Sourcing Excellence in a Volatile Supply Chain MarketThis white paper explores the challenges in the logistics procurement market and the tactics best-in-class teams use to regain control of capacity and cost while ensuring procurement excellence.WHITE PAPE

2、RTurning Chaos into ControlK2Contents3 Introduction5 Challenges in Todays Turbulent Sourcing Environment9 Sourcing Excellence Defined:A Toolkit for Market Leaders Through Dynamic Market Sourcing15 Using Tech To Stop Reacting and Take Back Control18 SummaryTurning Chaos into ControlK3IntroductionAspi

3、rations of restoring some semblance of business stability are high on the agenda for companies that produce,move and sell goods.However,theres still a long road ahead for procurement professionals managing their supply chains.While the good news is that the procurement industry has been elevated to

4、a critical business function in these uncertain times,the bad news is that after three years of isolated incidents,volatility is now the norm and its likely here to stay for the foreseeable future.Logistics procurement is a critical part of the procure-to-pay cycle upon which modern supply chains ar

5、e built,and obstacles for shippers moving goods worldwide existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic.But following soaring customer demand that accelerated during the first lockdowns,the transportation of goods whether via air,ocean,trucking or rail has been under considerable strain due to fluctuati

6、ng prices,port closures,talent shortages,high inflation,and capacity constraints amongst other challenges.With costs rising steadily and stock prices under pressure,budget management has become a struggle to orders of a magnitude never experienced in the industry before and thats despite increasing