World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

With the ability to handle huge volumes of data, operate 24/7, and continuously learn from experience, AI can bring new levels of speed, efficiency, and insight to procurement teams looking to transform strategic sourcing, supplier management, and end-to-end procurement processes.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The following are examples of strategic sourcing use cases: Transparency and traceability From fast fashion to fluorite, consumers and stakeholders are keyed into product provenance—expecting brands to uphold ethical, responsible sourcing practices. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 10, 2023

In contrast, process intelligence automatically and continuously acquires data at scale, resulting in clear visibility into an organization’s journey towards improving its processes. These tools may work with both historical and real-time data. Reading recommendation: What Is Workflow Management?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you haven’t been thinking about these questions, the time to start is now. Here are some reasons why sustainability is a differentiator that can increase revenue and profits: Differentiate your brand: Over the last 12 months , certain brand values have become more important when deciding to shop sustainably or ethically in some categories.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 12, 2022

With the stakes so high it should be no surprise that the very prospect of supply continuity issues can create fear and wreak havoc on the time, focus, and mental well-being of Supply Chain professionals. By whatever means necessary (always ethical and legal of course) Supply Chain must get goods flowing again as quickly as possible.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

They must also ensure ethical and sustainable procurement practices, as consumers increasingly demand transparency and social responsibility from businesses. They were time-consuming, error-prone, and lacked the sophistication to handle large volumes of data or complex analyses.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

The concept of “connected logistics” covers the relevant end-to-end processes of warehouse management, transportation management, track & trace and the entire logistics network. Thus, increased real-time visibility into shipments leads to more efficient throughput of goods and reduced logistics lead times.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. Intelligent IBP effectively combines human and machine strengths with good decision practices to consistently make timely, high-quality, horizon agnostic business decisions. 2% of managers apply best practice decision methods.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

Thank you Bronwen for your friendship, your support of Supply Chain Game Changer, and taking the time to share your experiences and expertise with us. It’s a great way to help give back to our network by keeping them informed about what’s going on in the industry, and to build our brand at the same time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Recent projects include the digital transformation of a worldwide service and repair parts program; enabling an OEM’s end-to-end supply chain visibility of outsourced manufacturers, assemblers, distribution hubs and 3PL’s; and forming a B2B business development capability for a successful B2C eCommerce company.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Let’s Talk Supply Chain gives women leaders in supply chain a platform to share what drives them and how they are actively empowering real progress in their communities and organizations. My mum expected us to work before and after school, instilling a strong work ethic in both of us from a very young age. I grew up in rural Zimbabwe.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

This ensures compliance with regulations and auditing needs through increased visibility and data masking across all data, analytics and AI initiatives on any cloud. AI algorithms and models need to operate reliably to be actionable and to drive value, but there also needs to be visibility and accountability for insights. The result?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Leading companies will invest in AI, ML and intelligent workflows to deliver end-to-end forecasting capabilities that utilize real-time feeds from multiple data sources, leveraging hundreds of AI and ML models, to deliver more granular and accurate forecasts and customer insights.

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