“ USING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES ALLOWS AN OVERVIEW WHICH , OF COURSE , ADDS CONFIDENCE BECAUSE OUR CLIENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES – IN A SINGLE SNAPSHOT ”
DATA ANALYTICS
From the standpoint of augmented effectiveness , procurement and data analytics are now inseparable ; any procurement organisation that has their finger on the pulse of global events will be utilising data analytics throughout their entire ecosystem .
Tai Software ’ s TMS ( Transportation Management System ) uses historical data and third-party tools to bring together multiple sources of information and display them in a single place that ’ s easy for users to consume . This single location becomes the centre of the procurement process . Within this process , the system performs data analytics against historical information to present both summarised ‘ lane data ’, as well as comprehensive and detailed carrier and shipment data .
Tai ’ s truckload quoting page , for example , provides the user with a single location where all background analytics are surfaced to empower their decision making .
“ We ' ve got analytics implemented from outside sources , like DAT , Parade . ai , and
“ USING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES ALLOWS AN OVERVIEW WHICH , OF COURSE , ADDS CONFIDENCE BECAUSE OUR CLIENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES – IN A SINGLE SNAPSHOT ”
WALTER MITCHELL CEO , TAI SOFTWARE procurementmag . com 55