IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Businesses with optimal supply chains achieve 5-15% lower supply chain costs , 20-50% less inventory holdings, and up to 3X cash-to-cash cycle speeds. Tackle your most complex supply chain challenges. Tackle your most complex supply chain challenges. True end-to-end visibility with embedded AI.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! Intelligent Supply Chain technologies article and permission to publish here provided by Dan Weinberger , UN Supply Chain Expert and CEO of Morpheus Network. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Today I’m joined by Logward , an exciting tech brand with a vision of a future where supply chain departments lead the transformation of their industries, instead of simply transporting it. 31.33] An overview of Logward’s Transport Solutions, and the visibility it provides. 44.17] The future for Logward.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Your customers, employees and shareholders want to know you have a plan to address supply chain sustainability. Supply chain sustainability is defined as embedding environmental, social or corporate governance considerations as raw materials are sourced, converted to products and delivered to market.

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HICX

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As an increasing number of organizations engage with vendors on a global level to fulfill their supply chains, the need for supply chain robustness has never been so critical. The Global Supply Chain Landscape: What is the current situation?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Supply chains are under enormous stress. As supply chain leaders, we’ve seen unprecedented levels of disruption, challenges with our ecosystem trading partner networks, tariff wars, real wars and tremendous turnover in human capital. Senior supply chain leaders are retiring in record numbers.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For years, supply chain professionals have measured success by how well they have been able to drive down costs and drive up efficiency. 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.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 6, 2022

Modern enterprises rely on supply chain software to track several activities, including manufacturing and distribution of goods. Many supply chain systems are closed-source, all-in-one, proprietary, expensive, and difficult to customize ( read Why ERP Sucks ). What are No-code Platforms? Benefits of No-code Platforms.

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Solvoyo

AUGUST 17, 2020

Are you using spreadsheets as a supply chain planning tool to collect and manage your data and perform analysis? There’s no doubt that spreadsheets are easy to use with familiar and easy functions, formulas, and calculations… However, is “ease of use” the only priority for supply chain planning?

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Solvoyo

AUGUST 17, 2020

Are you using spreadsheets as a supply chain planning tool to collect and manage your data and perform analysis? There’s no doubt that spreadsheets are easy to use with familiar and easy functions, formulas, and calculations… However, is “ease of use” the only priority for supply chain planning?

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 11, 2020

The shock-resistant, resilient supply chain — demand management enables supply chain and financial resilience. “Black swan” events highlight the need to transform traditional supply chain methods. The benefits of technology underpinning shock-resistant supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Supply Chain Management is complex and truly mastered by few. For those of us who have made our careers in supply chain, one of the great challenges, and the attraction of the discipline, is the variety of differing opinions about what constitutes ‘excellence in supply chain’ and how it can be best achieved.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . Considering this surge in digital transformation and the changing needs of 2021, here are some insights and tips for embarking on Supply Chain Digital Transformation projects.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Peak season fulfillment is a topic that strikes both fear and hope into the minds of supply chain leaders. Even systems implemented in this decade are obsolete if they cannot share data between other supply chain platforms. Diversify your supply chain.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 30, 2024

Finally, procurement teams are responsible for anticipating and responding to disruptions in the supply chain and their own process. The system gives the ability to automate and streamline supplier management processes, giving visibility over supplier performance, offering better experiences, and valuable insights.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 14, 2020

Define the contours of your supply chain network from end-to-end – inbound from vendors to production facilities and outbound from DCs to customers. Game out how the risk(s) you’ve identified may impact each supply chain and be prepared with strategies to react in real-time to disruptions as they occur.

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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. This alignment fosters synergy and drives cross-functional collaboration.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

S2P is the end-to-end process that encompasses all the activities between an organization and its suppliers. Also included: supplier improvement plans, innovation plans and overall supplier collaboration. A comprehensive Source-to-Pay platform is a critical component of an organization’s IT environment.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. Engage stakeholders Identify and collaborate with internal departments, suppliers and all those who may be impacted by the plan.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

That’s why, alongside the GSMA , IBM recently announced a new collaboration to support the adoption of and skills for generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the telecom industry through the launch of GSMA Advance’s AI Training program and the GSMA Foundry Generative AI program. The telecom industry is no exception.

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The Network Effect

MARCH 18, 2016

There’s an interesting report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Three Paths to Advantage with Digital Supply Chain , that illustrates the urgent need for companies today to transition to a digital supply chain, if they haven’t done so already. ” What is the Digital Supply Chain?

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Expense Management Enable’s rebate management solution empowers businesses with rebate visibility, streamlined automation and ROI metrics and provides a user-friendly, customer-facing platform. Productiv helps organizations automate processes, provide a centralized source of information, and streamline collaboration among stakeholders.

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Pipefy

JULY 31, 2023

One way companies can become more agile and remain competitive despite economic uncertainties is end-to-end business process automation. By eliminating manual processes, human errors are minimized and productivity, agility, and process efficiency goes up. Those that fail to do so risk losing customers to competitors.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 9, 2024

Paid claims to benefit both large and small businesses, offering agility to the former and better access to opportunities for the latter. Canopy Canopy is a vendor master data and supplier management platform that aims to provide complete visibility of your suppliers’ information.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

The Execution and Collaboration modules give you the ability to track tasks and approvals individually, bringing you closer to project completion. FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Procurement teams are now responsible for driving value, achieving sustainable results, and helping businesses maintain their competitive edge despite market shifts and supply chain disruptions. Since early 2020, the spotlight has been on supply chains and supply chain management.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The result is greater supply chain predictability, more accurate decision-making, and better business agility. Whether the purpose is savings or forecasting, strategic procurement involves three key business principles at its core for better decision-making and procurement maturity: predictability, agility, and precision.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Emphasizing ‘Lean Processes’ as a foundational initiative in the company’s 2023 plan, the objective is to enhance overall process management capabilities by constructing specific process-related methodologies, systems, and tools.

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Arkestro

JUNE 6, 2023

With the continuing supply chain challenges of recent years, these problems have only been thrown into sharper relief. Limited Risk Transparency When it comes to where the majority of direct spending comes from, 70% of CFOs feel they have good visibility into top tier suppliers. How Can Finance & Procurement Collaborate?

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Solvoyo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Responsiveness & Agility. Indeed, what one can deduce is that instant delivery companies were more agile and resistant during the COVID-19 pandemic. . This is an excellent example of agility. In contrast, traditional players going digital present higher minimum order amounts with more affordable prices.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Improve CI/CD pipelines The continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline—commonly referred to as the CI/CD pipeline —is an agile DevOps workflow focused on a frequent and reliable software delivery process. You gain full-stack visibility to better understand your environment and speed up innovation.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 29, 2020

We believe that the CPG commercial world is already taking several actions to adapt to the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic. Agility now and in the future requires a reliable digital infrastructure for the governments, the enterprises, and the individuals. 6) Collaboration across functions is key to stay viable and safe!

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

As supply chain technology improves for transportation, inventory management and warehousing, the procurement tools for manufacturing businesses now need to step up. The company specialises in procurement software that streamlines purchase order management and supplier collaboration. And stepping up, they indeed are.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

A recent study by Forrester found that the single greatest factor in increasing a supplier’s willingness to collaborate with and share innovations with a customer was timeliness of and visibility into payments. AP teams need to embrace digital data and think end-to-end. How does Invoice to Pay Work?

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Solvoyo

MARCH 29, 2020

We believe that the CPG commercial world is already taking several actions to adapt to the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic. Agility now and in the future requires a reliable digital infrastructure for the governments, the enterprises, and the individuals. 6) Collaboration across functions is key to stay viable and safe!

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