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travel
August 28, 2025
Why a “Perfect Fit” TMS Beats Feature-Packed Systems
The right match unlocks efficiency, visibility, and cost control—without drowning in unused features Special Guest Blog Post written by e2open When picking a Transportation Management System (TMS), shiny features, slick dashboards, and buzzwords can be distracting. But here’s the truth: real ROI doesn’t come from having the most bells and whistles. It comes from finding a TMS that fits your transportation complexity like a glove. Too simple, and you’ll outgrow it before the ink is dry. Too complex, and you’ll be paying for tools you don’t use. Nail the fit, though, and other KPIs like cost savings, faster execution, and happier customers will slide into place. How to pick a TMS that fits your freight Carriers and LSPs running on legacy systems miss out on the real-time visibility and cost control a modern TMS delivers, leaving them slower, less efficient, and easier to undercut. Let’s unpack how to look beyond flashy features and choose a TMS that works for your business: Match complexity first. The biggest ROI driver is aligning your TMS with your transportation complexity. Get that right, and everything else follows. Consider adaptability and scalability. Your TMS should grow with you. Look…
data
December 17, 2025
SAP’s David Vallejo on the New Era of Planning: From Algorithms to Data-Driven Confidence
In a rapidly evolving global supply chain landscape, SAP’s David Vallejo believes the most exciting innovations are happening in planning—and that the industry is entering a fundamentally new era. At the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2025 in Denver, Vallejo, who leads global product marketing for SAP’s supply chain portfolio, joined Scott Luton to discuss how planning is transforming, why data now sits at the center of competitiveness, and what SAP is doing to help organizations make faster, more confident decisions. A Shift From ERP-Centric to Data-Centric Vallejo described his team’s role as one that constantly scans the market—identifying trends, customer expectations, and the problems companies will need to solve next. Those insights help shape new innovations across the SAP ecosystem. He noted that SAP has moved decisively from an ERP-centric worldview to a data-centric one. This shift is essential, he argued, because the biggest advantage in modern planning lies in having the right data—clean, connected, contextualized, and ready to drive decisions. As Vallejo put it, “It’s all about the data that I need to make better planning decisions.” Planning Models Are No Longer Static Reflecting on how planning has evolved since he entered the field two decades…