IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

Supply chain visibility has been the missing link since the shockwaves of 2020 rippled throughout the world and consumers felt the impacts of broad-based supply chain issues. But what does supply chain visibility mean? The bottom line is your bottom line.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Today in Episode 1, Unveiling The Invisible, I’m joined by Gene Gander, General Manager of Global Sales at WiseTech Global, and Amna Shah, Principal and CFO at AHD Consulting, to dive into the complex world of supply chain visibility. What are the barriers to achieving true end-to-end visibility?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Who could have guessed that 2020 would see the spread of a global pandemic? That’s because disruption in the Supply Chain has exacerbated the impacts of the Coronavirus to our lives, both personally and professionally beyond the immediate issues of our health and welfare.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The impact of all of that is that organizations are actively creating geographical supplier diversity within their supply chains, to strike a better balance between cost reduction and agility,” he said. Every year, The Hackett Group surveys global organizations to better understand their top priorities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Over an 18-month timeframe—April 2020 to September 2021—the cost per barrel of crude has more than tripled from $20.10/bbl Leaders can also explore expanding their supplier pool and strengthening the supply chain with the promise of strong demand to compel new partnerships. Increasing demand for supply chain visibility.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt. Procurement Teams Step-up.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. Here are eight critical activities that can help procurement organizations build and maintain chain resiliency in a post-Covid-19 world: Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 30, 2019

It’s certainly been an interesting past few months in the container shipping industry; from the upcoming IMO 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel requirements, Brexit (Yikes!), Their strategic partner Zim takes slots on 2M’s trans-Pacific service, while HMM’s three-year strategic partnership expires in April 2020 (more below).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2020

There are over 35 million cases and over 1 million deaths due to the Coronavirus pandemic as of the beginning of October, 2020. As the first wave struck in early 2020 unprecedented levels of personal and business disruption was experienced by most everyone. Now is the time to simplify every possible aspect of your Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! In the face of depleted inventories and an inability to restore production to meet demand, we now have a chip shortage impacting the supply of automobiles. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

From this discussion, we compiled a list of 8 critical supply chain management activities that to improve, build, and maintain supply chain resilience now and in the years to come. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 11, 2020

What are some examples of a customer-driven supply chain? At our recent Visibility 2020 user conference in September, FourKites unveiled the winners of our 2020 Golden Kite Awards. Supply Chain Visibility. It’s all about paying it forward, and passing the good will down the line.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

Key Data: Founder / CEO: Anam Rahman Date Founded: 2020 Visit Kavida.ai profile in our Software Finder 2. It covers quotes, tracking, production, and supply chain management, which considerably enhances efficiency for its users. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Adar Hay Date Founded: 2020 Visit Jiga profile in our Software Finder 5.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

According to the 2020 Ovation Pulse, 92% of CPOs remain committed to their long-term goals. CPOs “gave supply chain sustainability a ranking of 7.2 in 2020, according to Procurement Leaders’ CPO Planning Guide 2021” (Procurement Leaders 2021). Procurement is Committed. out of 10, on average — an increase from 6.2

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

After the initial supply shocks to certain commodities (think the toilet paper shortages of March 2020), consumers under lockdown began radically changing their spending habits in the medium-term to correspond to a shifting way of life. Prioritizing supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Supply Chain Systems article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. E-commerce will continue to grow significantly through 2020 and beyond. Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? The demands for faster, more affordable processes are growing in stride.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 13, 2021

Right now, companies aren’t doing enough to gain visibility into their supply chains. According to Deloitte’s 2020 Chief Procurement Officer Survey , only 50% of organizations had high visibility into their tier one suppliers, and a staggering 90% reported low or very low visibility beyond tier one.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 13, 2021

Right now, companies aren’t doing enough to gain visibility into their supply chains. According to Deloitte’s 2020 Chief Procurement Officer Survey , only 50% of organizations had high visibility into their tier one suppliers, and a staggering 90% reported low or very low visibility beyond tier one.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

between 2018–2023 (MarketWatch 2020). More than $500M of venture capital was invested in procurement technology startups over the previous 6 years (Digital Procurement World 2020). It’s no secret anymore… we know that better tier-visibility starts with a better means to collaborate, communicate & govern tier-1 suppliers.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 21, 2016

They project growth in the TMS market by 2020 to reach more than $1.8 Yet, TMS has not come close to achieving levels of adoption enjoyed by other supply chain focused enterprise software solutions like ERP systems for example. billion – a compound annual growth rate of more than 12 percent.

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Solvoyo

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Cognitive learning is now widely seen as the solution to the greatest challenges facing retail businesses, not only for the supply chain sector. When we talk about supply chain visibility, it does not simply mean visibility into your own supply chain.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

Key Data: Founder / CEO: Anders Lillevik Date Founded: 2020 Visit Focal Point profile in our Software Finder 2. Leverage Leverage delivers end-to-end supply chain visibility powered by artificial intelligence. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Matthew Tillman Date Founded: 2020 Visit OpenEnvoy profile in our Software Finder 25.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Then, 2020 sent shockwaves through many JIT strategies; the disruption was just too big to absorb and supply chain ecosystems had not been built to flex. As we come to terms with the fact that uncertainty is here to stay, there has been an awakening in the discipline of supply chain with respect to resiliency.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

She hopes to reach 2 million workers by 2020. Nordström harbors ambitious plans for expanding the company’s presence in locations the world round. Launched in 2015, the program has trained some 45,000 workers in more than 200 factories over the past two years. To fund that effort, QuizRR recently secured $1.3m in new financing.

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SupplyShift

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Starbucks, one of the founding partners of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, has already achieved 99% sustainable sourcing, and McDonald’s has pledged to reach the 100% milestone by 2020. Dunkin’ Donuts recently announced that it would phase out all polystyrene cups from its global supply chain by 2020. The C.A.F.E.

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SupplyShift

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Starbucks, one of the founding partners of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, has already achieved 99% sustainable sourcing, and McDonald’s has pledged to reach the 100% milestone by 2020. Dunkin’ Donuts recently announced that it would phase out all polystyrene cups from its global supply chain by 2020. The C.A.F.E.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Supply Chain is no longer a back-office, transactional function. According to the survey, the percentage of female Chief Supply Chain officers grew 6% from last year’s survey, where they only made up 11% of CSCO’s.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In a recent Ivalua webinar , Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer Andrew Bartolini presented Ardent Partners’ 8th annual Procurement Big Trends and Predictions, and shared findings and insights from the firm’s 2020 research and conversations he’s had with fellow analysts and procurement professionals.

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