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ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain

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ERP solutions often lack robust capabilities around managing all of the data attributes for products and vendors, and cannot update them in real time or in an automated fashion. Best-in-class solutions do a better job of capturing usage data for healthcare products at the time of patient use. Point-of-use data capture.

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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

IBM Supply Chain Blog

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. Visibility into other key inventory (e.g.,

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How to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency and Productivity with Visibility Data

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One additional area of focus is risk management, which, if left unchecked, can cause unexpected expenses to skyrocket within the other three budget areas. 4 Supply Chain Efficiency Measures to Improve Productivity. Inventory, raw materials and finished goods. 2: Right-size Your Inventory. Transportation spend.

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Episode 137: Using Visibility to Combat Supply Chain Abstraction with Frank Kenney

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EPISODE 137 Using Visibility to Combat Supply Chain Abstraction with Frank Kenney By Kelly Barner | October 18, 2023 In the race to build global empires of data and digital systems, today’s businesses must not risk forgetting what all of those zeroes and ones mean.

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The Reality of Automation in Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Collaborating with the suppliers without any systems would mean wasting time searching through voicemails, printed documents, and email threads to locate the needed information. Management can review orders in real-time and spend time on exceptions raised by the system. Real-time data and analytics.

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2023 supply chain and logistics management trends

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The averted US rail strike in December 2022 would have been catastrophic for US residents and the wider supply chain. As costs increase with inflation at its highest in over 40 years, now is the time to review your current situation to understand where you can improve efficiency or reduce costs.

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2023 supply chain and logistics management trends

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The averted US rail strike in December 2022 would have been catastrophic for US residents and the wider supply chain. As costs increase with inflation at its highest in over 40 years, now is the time to review your current situation to understand where you can improve efficiency or reduce costs. Reshoring and nearshoring.