procurement
36 posts tagged with “procurement”
Ocean Contract Delays Signal a Muted Peak Season: How Shippers Should Manage Spot Exposure
Ocean contract delays, blank sailings, and muted import demand are pushing shippers into a harder spot-market exposure decision ahead of peak season.
CXTMS InsightsMay 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Procurement AI Agents Need Small Pilots First: The Practical Business Case for Sourcing Automation
Procurement AI agents can remove sourcing grunt work, but only when teams start with narrow pilots, clean supplier data, and measurable expansion criteria.
CXTMS InsightsMay 30, 2026 · 7 min read
Trucking Has Less Slack Than Prior Cycles. Shippers Should Rebuild Routing Guides Now.
Truckload capacity is showing less slack after three weak earnings years, while LTL pricing strengthens. Shippers should rebuild routing guides before tender pressure returns.
CXTMS InsightsMay 23, 2026 · 6 min read
DOJ Shipping Container Price-Fixing Charges Make Ocean Procurement a Compliance Problem
The DOJ shipping container price-fixing indictment shows why ocean freight procurement needs supplier concentration monitoring, quote history controls, and auditable approvals.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 2026 · 6 min read
Tariff-Adjusted Landed Cost Is Replacing Unit Price as the Sourcing Metric That Actually Matters
Tariff-adjusted landed cost gives procurement, logistics, and finance a shared way to model duties, refunds, transportation, inventory, and compliance risk before sourcing decisions lock in fragile assumptions.
CXTMS InsightsMay 19, 2026 · 6 min read
FedEx and ServiceNow Are Turning Procurement Integration Into a Logistics Operating Signal
FedEx and ServiceNow's procurement integration shows why supplier, shipment, carrier, and invoice data now need to operate as one logistics signal.
CXTMS InsightsMay 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Parcel Carriers Are Moving From Volume to Value. Shippers Need a New Contract Playbook.
Parcel carriers are prioritizing margin, automation, and pricing power, forcing shippers to rethink parcel contracts, diversification, and spend intelligence.
CXTMS InsightsMay 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Supply Chain Management Software Reaches $36.39B: What Buyers Should Demand Beyond Feature Lists
The SCM software market is growing fast, but freight forwarders should evaluate integration depth, workflow ownership, and exception handling before buying.
CXTMS InsightsMay 12, 2026 · 6 min read
April’s Freight Capacity Collapse: What a 28.4 LMI Capacity Reading Means for Shipper Budgets
April’s LMI transportation capacity reading of 28.4 and price reading of 95 signal a sharp freight-market turn that shippers need to budget for now.
CXTMS InsightsMay 8, 2026 · 7 min read
CASS Freight Index March 2026: What the Q1 Shipment and Rate Data Signal for Q2 Strategy
March 2026 CASS Freight Index data shows expenditures up 4.2% year-over-year while shipments fell 4.5% — a rate-volume divergence that has serious implications for Q2 freight procurement strategy.
CXTMS InsightsMay 6, 2026 · 5 min read