IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

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. 3 Tips for delivering on promise and purpose in the retail supply chain 1. . Simple: communicate!

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

Enterprises have started looking at technological innovations to simplify the last mile, investing in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to automate processes such as scheduling and routing, improving supply chain visibility and reducing costs overall.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

The Fireworks Supply Chain! Over the past 15 months, we’ve been writing on the Argentus blog about the immense impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on global supply chains – particularly, as you might expect of a recruitment firm, from the perspective of talent and skills. So what’s the issue?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 2, 2020

However, bringing forward these customizations to new ERP releases is costly and complex, the system of record typically remains at a down-level version, lacking new feature sets and support, and ultimately limiting visibility, speed, and flexibility. With the pandemic forcing everyone online, this “nice to have” need is a “must.”.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Flexible sourcing options, insurance, and contingency protocols help mitigate supply chain disruptions. Ongoing risk monitoring, control towers, and supply chain visibility enable rapid response. Globalization has dramatically expanded supply chains across international borders.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Supply chain leaders that IBM speaks with embrace this new focus on supply chain resiliency and are looking for an approach that minimizes the tradeoff between JIT and planning for uncertainty. In this blog, let’s explore best practices that drive supply chain resiliency with this definition at the core.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Supply chain leaders can amplify the value of the YMS by adding gate management to ensure drivers do not arrive early and to validate all inbound deliveries. This reduces the risk of fraud and theft by enhancing visibility to the freight in the yard, which in turn provides additional integrity into the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Lack of Visibility Beyond Tier 1. According to the 2021 Deloitte Chief Procurement Officer Survey, “Around 70% of CPOs felt that they had good visibility on the risks that existed in their direct (tier 1) suppliers. Yet only 26% were able to confidently predict risk within their supply bases. Dirty Little Secret #1.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Blog post originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Kuebix at [link]. In the book, The Living Supply Chain , the authors argue that, “Speeding up the supply chain is at the root of everything that is good: improved revenue, reduced working capital, higher profitability, and less obsolete inventory.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Yet it is managed by one or two people, with no support, and no visibility from upper management. Supply chain visibility is also incredibly important these days. You can not get this visibility without a plan. And you need suppliers who can provide visibility through electronic connectivity.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A big part of your supply chain process is to increase transparency. End-to-end supply chain visibility makes it much simpler to absorb and collect information. Allowing the supply chain process to get disorderly.

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Solvoyo

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Supply Chain and your Innovation Pipeline are critical to driving sales and profits! Supply Chains must be synchronized to POS demand to systemically reduce inventory! Thinking and Acting “End to End” and “Shopper Back” will accelerate sales and cost savings! I know what you are thinking, hire this guy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Better Supply-Demand planning, Quality management, transportation lead time reduction, distribution network optimization, cycle time reduction, better handling, more effective storage, real time order management, and reverse logistics improvement are all within the purvey of Supply Chain. Check out Supply Chain 4.0!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 30, 2019

Digitization is driving this end-to-end approach to container transportation which Maersk CEO Soren Skou says provides greater supply chain visibility, enabling logistics providers to offer a more integrated – and profitable – approach.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

And they would not have the end to end supply chain visibility that can come with a TMS. The electronic, and automatic, communication that a TMS solution will facilitate will dramatically improve your productivity, speed, service levels and visibility. The service offering sold very well.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2018

“We wanted to freely share and exchange data to become more agile and responsive, and get visibility to what was happening upstream and downstream with supply and demand.” Whiting says it was essential that the company be able to trust the integrity of that data.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

End to End Supply Chain visibility is critical! And with your Customers you want to provide them with the visibility as to where their orders are. Proudly selected as one of the Top 75 Supply Chain Blogs on the Internet. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It allows the company to get insights into the activities at every level of the supply chain, as well as on the suppliers’ side, including: Details of manufacturing each day at the suppliers’ end Reports of QC inspections Preventative and corrective measures Supplier audits In-transit details. Conclusion.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

At Let’s Talk Supply Chain, we’re committed to closing the gender gap in supply chain by celebrating the women leaders in supply chain who are breaking gender norms and glass ceilings to empower innovative new approaches and inspire future female logistics leaders.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But as we chronicle on the Argentus blog, the field has changed. Supply Chain is no longer a back-office, transactional function.

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