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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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Don’t forget to check out our best practices , tools , and a list of helpful supply chain resources on the website! To get ahead in today’s competitive marketplace, distributors must remain on the cutting edge of innovation and stay up-to-date on new developments.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

First-class OpenTelemetry support Full-stack observability demands thorough visibility and comprehension. OpenTelemetry serves as an indispensable tool for achieving comprehensive visibility, facilitating streamlined practices with common instrumentation, portable formats and interoperable pipelines. Ansible®, PagerDuty, etc.).

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Successful strategic sourcing often results in process optimization, cost management, customer satisfaction, risk management , increased sustainability and other benefits. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation. Try out cognitive intelligence free for 30-days.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Make your website visible article and permission to publish here provided by Ken Smith. Here are some ways to grab more eyeballs and make your website visible and more trustworthy and reputable on the internet. It simply makes the whole session end-to-end encrypted.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2024, the logistics and supply chain industry will continue its transformative journey, driven by technological advancements and growing consumer expectations. According to industry reports, over half of business leaders acknowledge the need for supply chain improvements, with 52% believing they could enhance their operations.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s a new year, and Bloomberg has already coined it the 2023 hangover for supply chain leaders. Never in modern history have supply chain leaders had more visibility, vulnerability, or accountability laid squarely at their feet. Meanwhile, new challenges are still coming painfully into focus.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 11, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Yet most articles on digital transformation revolve around the operational backbone – namely, activities centered around improving end-to-end internal procedures – which I see as a form of modernization. Originally published on Supply Chain Game Changer on April 11, 2022.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 12, 2024

Today I’m joined by innovative software brand, Altana. With a vision of global commerce rebuilt around collaborative, resilient, secure, and sustainable value chains, they’re on a mission to fix globalization. We need to create a ‘Google Maps’ of the world’s supply chain. 52.14] The future for Altana. “An

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Over the course of our brand new four-part series, we’re going to talk about why optimized and actionable data is more powerful than mere visibility; and why organizations need good data, not lots of data. What are the barriers to achieving true end-to-end visibility? You have to give them the visibility.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 17, 2023

Today I’m joined by GateHouse Maritime , a market-leading ocean tech brand that is using its expertise and deep industry knowledge to make ocean visibility simple. GateHouse Maritime delivers next-generation data insights for end-to-end ocean visibility. What’s important is that you try to plan better!

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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

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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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 14, 2023

Today I’m joined by Flexport , an exciting and innovative software brand that is on a mission to make global trade easy for everyone. Flexport is building the platform for global logistics, empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services to grow and innovate. 41.15] The future for Flexport.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply chain management and contract lifecycle management are key ingredients to business success. The journey from idea to end product to shipment and delivery is exciting, yes, but rather complicated — fueled with many moving parts. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

By mid-April, the shipping traffic jam, part of a broader gridlock in supply chains around the world amid disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, started thinning while record cargo volumes were reported in the U.S. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.

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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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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Making the right technology investment decisions today is critical to building competitive advantage, fueling innovation and driving ROI. Organizations need simplified, integrated and automated solutions to help optimize IT spend, improve operations and drive greater financial returns. And by acquiring Apptio Inc.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Contract logistics is a specialized service offered by third-party logistics (3PL) providers to manage supply chain operations on behalf of a company.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 12, 2023

Today I’m joined by Enveyo , an innovative logistics software brand that wants to optimize every aspect of a business’s shipping operations, with solutions that leverage enterprise-level technology and big data experience to empower organizations to make business-transforming shipping decisions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Procurement is a function that is undergoing an exciting transformation in the majority of global value chains; simultaneously, within its own strategy, process, and technology. Lack of Visibility Beyond Tier 1. And, only 15% had visibility into tier 2 or beyond.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

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. Digital transformation of the supply chain will change everything – for the better.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Today Im joined by supply chain software brand Manhattan Associates. Manhattan provide more than just supply chain solutions. Today Mandar Rahatekar, Senior Director of Research and Development at Manhattan, joins me to talk all about the power of unified supply chain planning. Im a mechanical engineer.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

From the most basic to the most advanced organization, Inventory Optimization is a critical goal and one which underpins the effectiveness of the supply chain operation. Inventory Optimization requires an organization to sustain and maintain the right mix of cost versus service. How critical is the item to customer?

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Finale Inventory

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As ecommerce continues to expand, supply chain traceability has become a key factor for small businesses. This article examines why supply chain traceability matters and how Finale Inventory can assist small businesses in achieving it.

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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. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Making The Right Choices.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

AI can help create greater efficiency and value across all source-to-pay processes, including spend analysis, opportunity identification, sourcing and contract management, category management, supply relationship management and risk management. And the maximum value can be extracted from these new tools through strategic integration.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Increased outsourcing has made businesses increasingly dependent on suppliers to drive innovation. 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.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

First-class OpenTelemetry support Full-stack observability demands thorough visibility and comprehension. OpenTelemetry serves as an indispensable tool for achieving comprehensive visibility, facilitating streamlined practices with common instrumentation, portable formats and interoperable pipelines. Ansible®, PagerDuty, etc.).

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Then, executives need supply chain technology to stay ahead of the game. Markus Rosemann, Vice President for Logistics and Order Fulfillment, SAP There is a great opportunity for technology to relate massive amounts of data from sensors, telematics systems and RFID tagged items in the Supply Chain and Logistics industries.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. Optimized supply chains lead to improved profit margins.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

Significance : Baan’s software emphasized integration across the supply chain, including procurement processes. i2 Technologies : Specializing in supply chain management, i2 Technologies offered procurement solutions that integrated with broader supply chain processes.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

Forrester® further states that clients are looking at alternative options such as virtualization, cloud management, end-user computing and other viable approaches. IBM offers alternative solution options with optimal scalability, from scale-up to scale-out, enabling VMware transition and helping move to AWS.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 25, 2023

What would a Martian expert in supply chain planning and technology think when looking back at earth? Closing the planning automation gap After more than hundred years of automating our physical assets in the supply chain, we now have automated warehouses, trucks, productions plants and delivery drones.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

This article will walk you through the basic understanding of the warehouse management system (WMS), its features, how and where it fits with the supply chain, and different WMS systems. A warehouse management system is a software solution that provides transparency and visibility to the entire warehouse operations.

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