Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The latest in a string of integrations with leading supply chain management technologies and applications, the Samsara integration is designed to support the creation and update of shipment routes, improved fleet asset and driver management/utilization, real time location updates for enhanced shipment visibility and much more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Visibility – An Overcomplicated Challenge! A recent Deloitte survey estimated only 15% of CPO’s have visibility beyond their tier one suppliers. I found this striking that there is so little multi-tier Supply Chain visibility. Visibility comes at a cost – one we’ve spoken about before: trust.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. Even the most robust ERP systems seem to lack the visibility that organizations are desperate to acquire, and in real-time. Shipment to customer. “C” Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 2, 2022

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Last-mile delivery visibility is key to business success. In fact, 93% of customers say they want to be informed with increased visibility throughout the entire delivery journey, from in-transit status through to final arrival date. Predictive visibility.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

3 steps to building healthcare supply chain resiliency Step 1: Improve visibility and proactivity Hospital systems work with multiple fragmented teams, technologies and processes to manage daily operations, leading to a pervasive lack of data visibility. Doing so streamlines purchasing power and optimizes inventory management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Control Tower – Is Yours Real or Smoke and Mirrors? In my last article, I spoke about the hesitancy standing in the way of multi-tier visibility. But once you have that visibility the journey has only just begun. Then and Now: The notion of visibility and “control”. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

For the energy and utilities industry (E&U), time is not on their side. Equipment-heavy and reliant on an aging infrastructure, E&U clients suffer from costly supply chain disruptions as wear, tear and time take their toll. Visibility. However, maintenance inventory optimization is only part of the solution.

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Finale Inventory

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This blog explores the strategic importance of returns and inventory management, illustrating how strategic returns can drive business success in the dynamic ecommerce environment. For customers, inadequate customer support leads can lead to delays, extending the time for processing and refunds.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is a 3-part blog series to prepare you for the upcoming holiday season. With many merchants facing challenged supply chains and weakened operations as a direct result of COVID-19, this season may not be the happiest time of year for retailers – despite the holiday’s historic reputation to deliver just that. With 78% of U.S.

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EazyStock

AUGUST 28, 2023

When combined with manual inventory management processes, you increase the risk of human errors, which can culminate in stockouts and overstocking. In this blog, we’ll explore the untapped potential of data-driven inventory management. Manually calculating the EOQ is time-consuming and prone to errors in replenishment.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

This is a 3-part blog series to prepare you for the upcoming holiday season. At the core of their preparation should be a single inventory tracking system that gives a 360-degree perspective on inventory management, customer engagement and fulfillment risk and opportunities. Unexpected inventory disruptions are bound to happen.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Black Friday—and really, the entire Cyber Week—is a time when you want your applications running at peak performance without completely exhausting your operations teams. You need automatic capture to achieve a comprehensive real-time view of your application. Real-time change detection.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2015

One area that manufacturers need to focus on is improving supply chain visibility. Here we define visibility as having access to accurate, real-time data that enables better decision making and risk mitigation. Visibility all the way up the supply chain. Demand visibility all the way up the supply chain.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

. ​ Automotive supply chain facts Up to 50 percent of unscheduled downtime is due to a lack of spare parts or stockouts ( The Importance of Inventory Optimization in MRO, July 2015 , Aberdeen Group) Generally, 99% of [semiconductor] manufacturing foundries have no visibility where the part is going. Why is this happening?

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 10, 2024

Just 1% of respondents to a poll Procurement Leaders conducted at the World Procurement Congress said they have “excellent” multi-tier visibility of the supply base. In real terms, this translates to three of those who responded to our poll claiming they had “cracked the code” of supply chain transparency. This is surprising.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 4, 2020

For good or for ill, truck drivers seem to always play an integral role during these challenging times, serving as a flash point for the consciousness of America. Perhaps due to this dedication to keep cargo moving in spite of any obstacles, there is a pattern of drivers being caught in the crossfire during times of civil distress/unrest.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Modern application environments need real-time automated observability to have visibility and insights into what is going on. All of this requires manual effort and takes considerable time and resources to install, set up and continuously maintain New Relic monitoring. Instana does all of that for you—automatically.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It also has an impact on procurement teams as they are responsible for managing supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and ensuring that goods and services are delivered on time and within budget. This helps ensure your contracts remain favorable and that all stakeholders comply with the negotiated terms.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This helps reduce errors to improve data quality and response times to questions, which improves customer and supplier satisfaction. The ability to make these sourcing decisions in real-time can help increase profits during peak demand periods and better meet customer expectations. Read our solution brief to get started.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Observability-driven automation leverages real-time insights from monitoring and telemetry data to inform intelligent automation processes. The fact is, automated setup and installation eliminates manual errors, reduces deployment time and improves consistency across different environments.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 20, 2023

This integration enables businesses to have real-time visibility into order status, inventory levels, and supplier performance, enabling them to make informed decisions and respond quickly to changing market demands. This automation saves time and effort, making the procurement process more efficient.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Time and again, we see IT teams struggle to deal with seasonal spikes in demand and outages. It’s an outdated and impractical practice for modern eCommerce and ultimately makes you less competitive over time. The result is faster mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to resolve (MTTR).

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 16, 2017

For manufacturers wanting to avoid idle production lines, up-to-the-minute visibility into inbound logistics is crucial. For retailers, up-to-the-minute visibility into inbound logistics makes the difference between quick fulfillment/replenishment (for happy customers) and loss of sales to hungry competitors.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What’s needed is a solution that not only safeguards the performance of your mission-critical applications, but also goes above and beyond through reduced cost, time efficiency and monetary savings. This aspect is crucial for app performance optimization, as it provides real-time insights through high-fidelity data.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2022

Cargo Chief enables 3PLs and freight brokers to expand their carrier network, gain visibility into real-time pricing, and streamline their processes. And Hubtek is a tech-enabled talent and automation solutions provider for transportation companies across North America. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

As someone who loves to engage the audience, I am going to do this the next time I speak at a live event. His influence stems from years of experience, a strong body of thought leadership, and his role as the founder of Procurement Insights , a widely-read blog that covers key issues, trends, and innovations in the field.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2023

Today Erik Kiser, CEO and founder of Orderful, joins me to chat all about the company; the challenges involved with traditional EDI solutions; bringing supply chains together; achieving visibility and addressing risk; and the future of EDI. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [05.59] A reminder of who Orderful are, and how they help their customers.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives. By establishing standardized workflows and decision rules, BPM streamlines the claims process by reducing processing times and minimizing errors.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 1, 2024

For example, combining generative AI with technologies such as blockchain helps to keep data about the material-to-product transformation unchangeable across different entities, providing clear visibility into products’ origin and carbon footprint.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

On the bright side, data also shows that artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can improve security readiness and speed response to attacks, to help dramatically shrink the data breach window before causing real harm. Greater visibility and speed are core requirements for effective cybersecurity.

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ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss six key strategies to help public procurement teams optimize their workflows while maintaining regulatory compliance. . To maintain efficiency during times of high demand, teams must have a system in place that allows them to easily scale up their processes as needed. Processes and Compliance.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more. Collaboration brings visibility and agility for gaining market share.

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Procurement Leaders

JANUARY 8, 2024

The results of the transformation were profound: a 50% reduction in the number of days to delivery, as well as much tighter financial controls and supplier visibility in a sector where “because it’s a matter of life and death, speed is of the essence”.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

” By the time Greg Brady and Ranjit Notani began their journey, I had already sold my company and was moving on to my next challenge. Businesses must take an outside-in network view and together serve the end consumer.” Businesses must take an outside-in-network view and together serve the end consumer. ” 30

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Cloud costs are out of control, and teams spend too much time fixing instead of innovating. It’s time for IT to go from reactive to proactive and preventative. You’ll find automated full-stack visibility, one-second granularity and three seconds to notify.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Observability in this scenario can assist with real-time insights into the performance, availability and interdependencies of these microservices and the Kubernetes application. By tracking metrics such as response times, error rates and resource utilization, you can proactively address any performance issues before they impact users.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Some UEM solutions also include risk assessment capabilities—including AI-powered risk analysis and quick risk evaluation—which would help fit within the industry’s regulatory requirements and perform real-time mitigation of potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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