Former procurement lead at a FTSE-250. Negotiated multi-country TMS and ERP rollouts; now audits TCO and governance.
European procurement teams are walking into AI disasters with their eyes wide shut. Recent studies show 40% of European startups claiming to be "AI startups" don't actually use real AI, relying instead on simple automation rebranded with intelligence buzzwords. In the TMS space, this translates to
Most TMS vendor scoring frameworks were built for a different market. Budget overruns hit 75% of European TMS implementations, yet most shippers focus only on subscription costs when evaluating systems, while WiseTech Global's $2.1 billion acquisition of E2open, expected to complete in 1H26, alongside Descartes Systems Group&
A mid-sized German automotive parts manufacturer calculated their true cost of manual data re-entry at €2.1 million annually across transport operations alone. Yet most European procurement teams evaluating TMS-ERP integration projects still focus on subscription fees rather than total project costs. On average, implementing transportation ERP software costs about
European procurement teams face a crossroads that will define their transport operations for the next decade. ERP providers are reasserting themselves in the TMS space, giving companies more to consider as they evaluate options for 2026. The global transport management system (tms) market stood at USD 53.5 Billion in
Last year your procurement process for a TMS vendor might have followed familiar patterns: budget approvals, RFP responses, demo sessions, reference calls. But 2026's TMS vendor selection landscape brings challenges that traditional buyer frameworks weren't built to handle. ERP providers are reasserting themselves in the TMS
Budget overruns hit 75% of European TMS implementations, yet procurement teams approach vendor negotiations armed with feature checklists instead of financial transparency frameworks. A German automotive parts manufacturer just learned what a €800,000 TMS implementation mistake looks like. Six months in, €800,000 spent, and they realized their new
European procurement teams wrestling with transport management software decisions in 2026 face a perfect storm of vendor proliferation and regulatory complexity. The "free TMS" models are simply advertisements for their paid versions, yet businesses are increasingly exploring free and open-source Transport Management Systems (TMS) to gain visibility over
European procurement teams evaluating transport management software face an unprecedented challenge in 2026. WiseTech Global's $2.1 billion acquisition of E2open, expected to complete in 1H26, alongside Descartes Systems Group's $115 million acquisition of 3GTMS in March 2025, represents the most significant TMS vendor consolidation wave
A German automotive parts manufacturer discovered their €800,000 TMS implementation mistake the hard way. Six months into deployment, they found their European carriers couldn't integrate without costly custom development work - turning their "smart procurement decision" into a complete platform re-implementation. This story repeats across
Modern Transportation's $5M multi-tenant TMS savings seem impressive, but that success story masks a procurement nightmare building across European transport departments. The most significant TMS vendor consolidation wave in over a decade is reshaping European procurement decisions right now. WiseTech's acquisition of E2open in 2025, Descartes&
Most TMS vendor scoring frameworks were built for a different market. A German automotive parts manufacturer just learned what a €800,000 TMS implementation mistake looks like. Their traditional feature-checklist approach missed the vendor consolidation risks that now define procurement decisions in 2025. The most significant TMS vendor consolidation wave
European procurement teams planning their TMS budget planning for 2026 face an unprecedented challenge: the landscape they're planning for no longer exists. WiseTech's $2.1 billion acquisition of E2open and Descartes' $115 million purchase of 3GTMS in March 2025 signal the start of a consolidation