I recently testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, along with three other witnesses. During this testimony, I shared some of the insights I developed working with the Joint Acquisition Task Force as a pro bono consultant, during March – June 2020, during the throes of the PPE and healthcare supply
Most supply-chain professionals would agree that the traditional annual, full-network carrier-procurement process has inefficiencies. Access to better data is changing the way organizations operate, and it’s time transportation strategies changed as well. Yet many transportation departments continue to go through the same motions. Historically, the carrier procurement process has been time-intensive. Shippers spend a substantial