Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Is it any wonder why we are heading toward an AI Bubble Burst in which 75% of the logos on these solution maps will be gone by the end of 2025? In today’s post, I will share my assessment of a solution provider that, provided I see a demo sooner rather than later, could survive the 2025 “industry shake-up.”

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Cloud optimization is essential as organizations look to accelerate business outcomes and unlock the value of their data. At its core, cloud optimization is the process of correctly selecting and assigning the right resources to a workload or application. And getting it right is crucial. It takes time and talent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 20, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. billion by 2025, and businesses can save millions of dollars if reverse logistics management is implemented and done properly. Clearly, more companies need to go back to basics and ask what is reverse logistics’ role in the top trends of the supply chain? Subscribe Here!

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain in Africa has been largely male-dominated and reliant on outdated practices, negatively impacting its overall development. One of our core goals at Supply Chain Africa is to connect the global community to the African supply chain industry’s distinctive trends, changemakers, and innovators.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 8, 2024

.” – Albert Einstein It started as a simple exercise: ask ChatGPT, “What are the Top 3 concerns for Chief Procurement Officers in 2025?” Taking it a step further, the following is a chronological summary covering 10 specific date points between 1959 and 2025 where I posed the same question.

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Finale Inventory

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

With a perfect storm of factors in play—ranging from shifting consumer habits and economic pressures to supply chain hiccups—this season will be anything but predictable. Chad Rubin, CEO & Founder, Profasee We must talk supply chain—disruptions are guaranteed. They want to ensure they’re getting the best deal.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

34.23] How the Parabola platform can help supply chain teams optimize processes from scorecards and management to audits and track and trace. 49.51] From AI to nurturing a better understanding of business problems, what we can expect from the industry in 2025.

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ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

The pandemic was a wake-up call for businesses worldwide, who struggled to overcome operational disruption — everything from the transition to remote working, to supply chain chaos. MENA countries import a lot of food; disrupted supply chains and price increases mean potential food shortages. Enter eProcurement.

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Arkestro

AUGUST 22, 2023

Resources / Blog / The Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Food & Beverage Supply Chain The Power of Predictive Procurement Orchestration for Food & Beverage Supply Chain Food and beverage procurement professionals have had their work cut out for them during the last few years.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 17, 2022

The past few years have seen unprecedented supply chain challenges largely stemming from COVID-19 disruptions. Consequently, companies are becoming more focused on anticipating, reacting to, and planning for the unexpected through their supply chain strategies. Supply Chain Digitalization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 22, 2019

Technologies Reshaping the Global Digital Supply Chain! Imagine what the future will look like in Supply Chain! There are articles which describe what the future of Supply Chain will be like in 2020, 0r 2025, or even 2030. So how can all of this be used to shape what happens in Supply Chain?

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Event announcements Amazon Business used the event to announce the following: Amazon Business Punch-in is now available for select SAP Ariba US shared customers, and it plans to expand this to all US customers by June 2025. The vending service, provides businesses with vending machines to control product distribution.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The global AI market is projected to grow to USD 190 billion by 2025, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.62% from 2022, according to Markets and Markets. One of the largest children clothing retailer in the US utilizes this solution to streamline its complex supply chain.

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Solvoyo

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

But what is a cognitive supply chain model and where does it fit into all this? Simply, a cognitive supply chain model utilizes machine learning, which is a type of artificial intelligence that has been merged with advanced analytics. How Cognitive Learning is Applied to Supply Chain Processes.

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Arkestro

JULY 6, 2023

million cars from production due to ongoing supply chain issues and semiconductor shortages. Then we’ll show how autonomous, Predictive Procurement Orchestration (PPO) can help relieve supply chain issues, reduce costs, and help automotive brands navigate increased regulations.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 2, 2024

After the last few tumultuous years, procurement teams are still facing steep challenges in getting ahead of supplier and supply chain risks. Some organizations have opted to invest in new, more robust supplier and third-party risk management (TPRM) systems, while others are optimizing their existing systems. The list goes on.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Getting a Thanksgiving dinner from farm to table is an intricately complex affair for food and beverage procurement teams, with supply chain shortages, inflation, and rising food costs affecting consumer decisions all playing a part. Supply chain, logistics, and supply all dictate how the market price shapes up.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Technology can really optimize that knowledge of region, industry, commodity, business unit… but as much as the technology can optimize, it becomes much more efficient when you can trust the data source.” 43.44] The future for Relish and SAP, and for the industry, as we look towards 2025.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Improved communication, regular performance assessments, and joint value creation efforts lead to better supplier performance, reduced risks, and potential cost savings through optimized partnerships. This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

From the movement of trucks to managing a good economic supply chain, GST affected logistics in a great way. The statistics have shown an increase in freight shipping volume to about 1325 billion and these numbers are predicted to double by 2025. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. trillion in 2025. It helps to increase reach and show up in front of potential customers, especially when the website is SEO-optimized. If your site is not optimized for user experience, people will be discouraged from using it. Email Address. User Experience.

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Arkestro

AUGUST 8, 2024

Resources / Blog / How the Energy Transition is Shaping the Oil and Gas Landscape How the Energy Transition is Shaping the Oil and Gas Landscape As the last few years of volatility have shown, the oil and gas supply chain is complex. By 2040, projections anticipate EVs will reduce demand by over 20 million barrels of oil per day.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is the Digital Supply Chain? BILLION by 2025. But while the opportunities behind digitizing and optimizing delivery are clear, it’s not easy to facilitate the level of visibility and control which shippers are looking for from 3PLs. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

In 2022, IBM introduced Vela , its first AI-optimized, cloud-native supercomputer. In 2023, we announced a new commitment to train 1,000 technology suppliers in technology ethics by 2025 , and we are well on our way. AI can augment human intelligence, increase fairness, and optimize revenue, or detract from them.

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Arkestro

JUNE 20, 2023

Research-backed procurement strategies can help CFOs achieve their goals while minimizing risk exposure across global supply chains. In fact, according to Gartner®, “by 2025 50% of FP&A leaders will have enterprise-wide data strategy as a key responsibility.” With 36% of leaders prioritizing AI implementation in finance [1].

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 16, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. In fact, experts predict that by 2025, the industry will be 380 billion US dollars. AWL India is among the biggest pan-India providers of advanced, tech-backed logistics and supply chain solutions for a variety of industries. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Gati Limited.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 15, 2024

However, the rise of hybrid and multi-cloud patterns has led to challenges in optimizing value and controlling cloud expenditure, resulting in a shift from capital to operational expenses. However, this reactive approach perpetuates firefighting rather than proactive self-optimization.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 23, 2014

If you want to know ahead of time the changes awaiting the pharmaceuticals supply chain it is useful to extrapolate experiences from the consumer and retail sectors, which were dealing with the same trends and pressures long before pharmaceuticals (for example, the proliferation of distribution channels).

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 25, 2023

You’re responsible for optimizing spend, operational efficiency and incorporating new and innovative technologies. It’s a powerful way to address critical issues like sub-optimal application performance and poor customer experiences, boost metrics like MTTR and address IT team skill issues for greater resiliency.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Social commerce, a form of ecommerce in which a social media platform serves as both a marketing channel and a shopping destination, is expected to grow by more than 50% between 2021 and 2025. Shipping and logistics can get complicated in new markets and are subject to global supply chain interruptions.

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Procurement Insights

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

” You must read through the entire raw and unedited discussion stream because within its dialogue is the explanation regarding what will happen in 2025, e.g., the GenAI Bubble Burst. This is an essential read for practitioners. Hansen One of the key criteria for procurement when selecting an IT provider is their client base.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

December 2025: Banks of EU and Eurozone countries are required to support sending SEPA instant payments. DORA comes into effect in January 2025, covering EU Financial Institutions and associated ICT service providers. December 2024: Banks of EU and Eurozone countries are required to support receiving SEPA instant payments.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Its aggressive sustainability goals included achieving net zero emissions by 2050, making all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2025 and investing more than USD 3 billion globally over several years to drive momentum.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

DORA is a European Union regulation that aims to establish technical standards that financial entities and their critical third-party technology service providers must implement in their ICT systems by 17 January 2025.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). To become autonomous, supply chains require the new technology of Wave 3 planning systems, which we think of as systems of intelligence.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Maximo maintains high-value assets with AI and analytics to optimize performance, extend asset lifecycles and reduce downtime and costs. and add-ons by September 2025. In line with this trend, last April IBM announced end of support for all Maximo 7.6 In summary, clients look for IBM’s expertise to: Upgrade the current Maximo 7.6x

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