IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In this age of supply chain disruptions that hold the power to upend entire industries, strength and resilience across the entire value chain is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a survival tactic. They also factor in how a strong partnership could reduce supply chain risk and advance sustainability.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 23, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Contract management, also known as contract lifecycle management, in the field of procurement refers to the handling of end-to-end contracting with the suppliers and other third parties of an organization. . Speeding and improving the overall process optimization. . First Name.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 11, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Yet most articles on digital transformation revolve around the operational backbone – namely, activities centered around improving end-to-end internal procedures – which I see as a form of modernization. Originally published on Supply Chain Game Changer on April 11, 2022.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply chain management and contract lifecycle management are key ingredients to business success. The journey from idea to end product to shipment and delivery is exciting, yes, but rather complicated — fueled with many moving parts. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Enable End-To-End Order Visibility. Order visibility is tracking the number of items inside a warehouse. With order visibility playing a significant role in eCommerce fulfilment, business owners must enable end-to-end order visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Along with cost savings, procurement managers are focusing on optimizing and automating processes. In 2022, this became history with procurement automation solutions. Supply Chain Transparency. Email Address. Why Procurement Transformation Can Fail!

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

Logistics Complexity and the Strategic Moves Companies Are Making to Reduce It The last mile is typically the costliest and most complicated leg of a supply chain, accounting for, on average, 53% of overall shipping costs. Visibility in the delivery process gives logistics companies more control over their last-mile operations.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The prospect of having a Just In Time (JIT) Supply Chain system has been the goal of innumerable businesses and industries for decades. But the global pandemic exposed the fragility of the Supply Chain in virtually every industry. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The backbone of all long-standing philosophies such as Just-In-Time , Lean manufacturing, and Kanbans were all designed around minimizing the amount of inventory on hand in any Supply Chain. The Coronavirus pandemic turned the world’s Supply Chains on their heads.

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Pipefy

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Automated invoice processing simplifies end-to-end invoice processing activities by eliminating the time and costs associated with manually processing invoices. Ardent Partner’s 2022 The State of ePayables study reports that high invoice processing costs were among the top challenges AP teams faced in 2022.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Following recent unprecedented events and disruptions, one thing has become clear: procurement optimization is no longer just about cost-effectiveness or efficiency. . In 2022, the five biggest procurement issues experienced by B2B buyers were: Reliable delivery (43%). What is a procurement transformation roadmap?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A CMP creates a single pane of glass (SPOG) that provides enterprise-wide visibility into multiple sources of information and data. This unified view gives administrators and development teams centralized control over their infrastructure and apps, making it possible to optimize cost, security, availability and resource utilization.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

trillion dollars in 2022. Customers are expecting a fluid experience from end-to-end, and you can shape their overall experience to increase conversions and build brand loyalty. With IBM Sterling, you can combine inventory intelligence with real-time data and be proactive about store transfers to optimize your safety stock.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. We will decide and response faster in our supply chain and make higher quality operational and strategic decisions. In February 2022, I wrote the first of a five blog series using the name Intelligent IBP.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 17, 2023

billion in 2022 to USD 47.38 It promises end-to-end solutions to manage and monitor a fleet of drones, runs inspection missions to capture high-quality data, accesses inspection reports and derives actionable information through AI-driven analytics—all through a single platform.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains. It helps large enterprises like Virgin, Coca-Cola, Boeing, and IBM map, monitor, and mitigate ESG risks across their global supply chains.

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Pipefy

MARCH 6, 2023

Following recent events like the pandemic, the shift to non-office work models, and supply chain pressures, the demand for business process transformation has accelerated. After all, it’s the process owners and day-to-day business process managers that have the most insight into blind spots and optimization opportunities.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

MARCH 25, 2021

Hong Kong and Malaysia have also made significant progress on this front already, and nations like Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea are planning to launch their e-Invoicing mandates by the end of 2022. Better Visibility and Transparency. You can ensure accuracy due to improved visibility and end-to-end tracking.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 23, 2024

End-to-end encryption provides a uniquely secure way to sign and store contracts, eliminating the need for dedicated servers and VPN connections. These aim to ensure optimal parts procurement, and help users to quickly find answers to questions common in engineering processes. It features numerous modules for price management.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

The good news is that sustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand, especially in the retail supply chain. Purpose Savvy sustainable consumers want end-to-end visibility into a product’s origins to ensure that it was sustainably developed and transported every step of the way. Simple: communicate!

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HICX

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

HICX’s low-code/no-code SaaS platform and applications enable large companies full visibility into their supplier ecosystems and interactions, building resilient and competitive supply chains. Dr Elouise Epstein, partner at global management consulting firm Kearney commented, “The way we work with suppliers has to change.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Last year, as life sciences organizations were consumed by the recovery from COVID-19, their focus had to shift rapidly to mitigating supply chain constraints, labor and skill shortages, and by the end of the year, inflationary pressures—all of which were exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Drawing Insights from Real-Life Cases, a leading cryptocurrency exchange faced the challenge of optimizing observability costs while maintaining the necessary insights into its systems. By paying for resources as they use them, organizations can optimize costs while ensuring they have enough coverage to meet their requirements.

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