IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In today’s business environment, regardless of the product or service, leaders must develop a well-honed business strategy. A successful business strategy must clearly define an organization’s objectives, decision-making processes and long-term business goals.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? When I started my career the term “Supply Chain” had just been coined. Now as I look back on my career virtually everything I did falls under the banner of Supply Chain management. Subscribe Here!

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 30, 2023

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) was introduced in the 1960’s to allow businesses to communicate key business transactions such as purchase orders, advanced shipping notices, and invoices electronically instead of via paper providing fewer errors and more efficiencies. Click here!

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. Analysis of case study is certainly one of the most popular methods for people from business management background. Supply Chain of fashion industry involves a time based competition.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2023

Zarrin Lilani on How Women Lead in Supply Chain At Let’s Talk Supply Chain, we’re passionate about closing the gender gap to expand innovation through diversity. Making this hard dichotomy shift isn’t just about good business ethics either. It’s a business investment in an industry that’s anything but predictable.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Until you can leverage what it takes to succeed, most businesses today will struggle to maintain fiscal viability and relevance in the Modern Global Market. The root causes of these issues often stem from a clash of the following critical Supply Chain Variables: Poor Toxic Culture. Inability to execute good Business Strategies.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 22, 2023

One of the major drivers of Women in Supply Chain is Let’s Talk Supply Chain’s commitment to supporting bridging the gender gap in the industry. And it isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s a smart investment for a business landscape hallmarked by uncertainty and yes, the more-than-occasional chaos.

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Procurement Tactics

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

However, what is a sustainable business? For this article, we will discuss what sustainable business is. We will tackle its importance and tell you how you can create your sustainable business strategy. Creating a Sustainable Business Strategy. Ultimate Supplier Plotting Checklist 2022. Unilever and Nestle.

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Procurement Templates

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Implement Lean Procurement Practices: Use lean management principles to minimize waste and streamline procurement operations. Create Contingency Plans: Develop risk management protocols for supply disruptions and emergencies. Action: Launch a quarterly executive-level procurement strategy meeting with all business units.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 9, 2024

Smart procurement is the use of technology to improve efficiency and help build more agile procurement processes. Other technologies commonly used are IoT, business process automation (BPA), and blockchain. While these tools can lighten workloads and improve agility and decision-making, they can’t operate without the input of humans.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! Mike Mortson was recently interviewed by Oracle as a part of their Global Supply Chain Influencer program. This article was posted on Oracle’s Supply Chain Management blog. Email Address. Mike Mortson.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Impact of Globalization and Supply Chain Complexity : The complexity of global supply chains highlighted procurement’s role in managing risks, ensuring continuity, and driving efficiencies. CFOs began to see procurement as critical to business continuity and organizational agility.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 11, 2020

What is a customer-focused supply chain? Having a customer-focused supply chain essentially means meeting the customer on their terms, rather than making them settle for yours. In this article we’ll cover the following areas of customer-driven supply chain strategy: The importance of a customer-driven supply chain.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Following three years of studying international business, I had the option to choose across various specialisations for my Master’s degree and decided to try something completely new, which would sort of enhance my curriculum.

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Following three years of studying international business, I had the option to choose across various specialisations for my Master’s degree and decided to try something completely new, which would sort of enhance my curriculum.

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HICX

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The effective management of supply chains is critical to business operations and by adopting newer digital solutions, organizations can benefit from improved efficiency, reduced costs and operational improvements across the supply chain as a whole. The result is a more synchronized and agile supply chain.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s a new year, and there are reasons to suggest that 2024 might be a departure from the fresh chaos that has hallmarked supply chain since the 2020’s started, or at least a de-escalation. Over the last few years, supply chain professionals have navigated an endless array of challenges.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 16, 2024

Supply Chain is no stranger to change, challenges, and yes, general chaos, but this year has been its own kind of animal charged by a strained global economy, shifting tensions across continents, and a major presidential election that could have resounding impacts across business and commerce this coming fall.

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Procurement Heads

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

We spend about a billion pounds each year through our supply chain of approximately 500 suppliers. I also have accountability for the supply chain third-party management risk and environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy. I have a team of 30 people with end-to-end category management responsibility.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 14, 2023

If you know the regulations well and you can think strategically, you can still be agile, innovative and drive value for money. I also brought in some new people into my national team and changed the culture to be more agile and service-orientated. This underlines how seriously we’re taking the threat of climate change as a business.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 30, 2023

Introduction In the dynamic world of business, the ability to effectively manage and optimize supply chains has emerged as a critical success factor. The aim is not only to streamline operations but also to extract maximum value from every link in the supply chain. This is where EmpoweringCPO stands apart.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 26, 2023

Over the last few years, a lot has changed in the supply chain industry. Fueled by constant disruptions that peaked during the pandemic and constant news headlines about the latest chain issues, consumers are more informed about supply chain and how it impacts their communities and daily lives.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Women in supply chain are gaining momentum in narrowing the gender gap. They now make up 41% of the supply chain workforce, an almost 40% increase from the year prior. Post-pandemic dynamics and more awareness of supply chains are empowering progress in what was once an overwhelmingly male-dominated industry.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The number of women in supply chain is still rising, increasing 3 to 5% annually, now making up 41% of the industry. This decade has brought a greater understanding and awareness of how supply chains impact communities globally. The recently overwhelmingly male-dominated industry is shifting and evolving.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 23, 2023

With a decade hallmarked by disruption, consumers are more aware of supply chain and how industry shortages, talent gaps, and climate events impact their daily lives and local communities. One dialogue that is still catching fire is how closing the gender gap in supply chain can help the industry build its ranks and agility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement and Sustainability are your business’ Yin and Yang. At the crossroads of sustainability, technology, and the broader supplier base lies smart, sustainable, and scaling supply chain growth; growth that comes with a balance of people, planet, and profitability in mind.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 24, 2023

The 2020’s have escalated nonstop supply chain disruption, from delays to shortages and workforce challenges. Supply chain obstacles are still being cited for growing global inflation. Supply chain leaders are still struggling with an ongoing labor shortage—making getting and staying ahead harder.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Global Supply Chain is thriving with each passing day. Business profitability and customer satisfaction always go hand in hand. However, the game-changer is how Cost Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness play their role in the supply chain. It depicts strong annotations on the business performance.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. To make sure a supplier management strategy is properly aligned with the broader business strategy and adopted by the broader procurement organization then it’s important to have transformational & process leaders in place! 6 liters | Streamlined Supply Chain Compliance.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. Catch the on-demand webinar on building business continuity plans and business strategies for the short, mid and long-term. This is perhaps an extreme example, but it highlights how COVID-19 is causing severe disruptions to supply chains. The longer-term impacts.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

But this evolution in the supply chain, and for last mile fulfillment in particular, doesn’t end with retail. From restaurant chains to supermarkets to pharmacies to service providers, the world of logistics is experiencing unprecedented change. Real-time Visibility.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 13, 2023

Broadening your company’s reach with staff augmentation experts Hunter Bell, Lean Solutions Group’s Sales Team Leader, had an insightful conversation in the Let’s Talk Supply Chan Podcast during the Home Delivery World event and discussed Lean Solutions’ services offering and one of the hottest topics in logistics today: staff augmentation.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 9, 2023

As a global technology company, they provide networked innovation, quality, and compliance solutions to consumer brands that want to reduce supply chain risk, innovate faster, speed up business processes, and take control of data. 13.36] An overview of TraceGains – what they do and how they help their customers. “The

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

Ultimately, modernizing these processes could save hundreds of millions of dollars, improve the employee experience and make the company more agile and competitive, he says. “We are now on a path with them around supply chain transformation. “‘What we can see is sometimes just the tip of the iceberg.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 30, 2024

Because procurement teams provide critical insights to inform business strategy , identifying opportunities to cut costs is one of the most important ways they do this. Procurement teams also share crucial data and information that business leaders need in order to make choices, set strategy, and remain competitive.

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The Good Spending

MAY 27, 2024

Disintermediation Disintermediation is the process of removing intermediaries from a supply chain. By eliminating these intermediaries, companies can achieve cost savings, better communication, and greater control over their supply chain. My Udemy course "Adaptive Sourcing: Agile Procurement in Practice."

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Integrated planning incorporates supply chain planning, demand planning, and demand forecasts so the company can quickly assess the impact on inventory levels, supply chain logistics, production plans, and customer service capacity. Agility and responsiveness In the rapidly changing business landscape, agility is crucial.

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