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• Why Real Transactional Data Is the New Benchmark for Component Pricing

  15-06-2026 15:52 via logisticsviewpoints.com
  
  Procurement teams have always needed benchmarks. The problem is that many benchmarks used in electronic component sourcing are too weak for today’s market.Supplier quotes are useful, but they are not neutral market signals. List prices are available, but they often do not reflect what buyers actually pay. Internal purchase history is important, but it only shows what one company paid in the past.That is not enough.In an opaque component market, a company may believe it has a strong benchma
  
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• TMS Is Becoming Less of a Routing Tool and More of a Decision Intelligence Layer

  15-06-2026 15:42 via logisticsviewpoints.com
  
  For a long time, the transportation management system was understood in fairly practical terms. It was the system that helped a shipper tender loads, select carriers, build routes, manage rates, track shipments, and audit freight bills. In other words, it was the operational system of record for transportation execution.That view is no longer sufficient.Download the TMS Market Research Executive Summary for a strategic view of how the market is moving
  Transportation has become too connected to t
  
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