Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 27, 2021

You need the vision, the leadership, the strategy, and the resources to implement this capability. According to mixmov.io , “Supply chain resilience is a supply chain’s ability to be prepared for unexpected risk events. It’s hard to get more resilient than having real time visibility and decision making.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 14, 2020

Identify Potential Risks. Assess not only the potential risks Coronavirus poses to current operations, but also other possible disruptions that commonly impact your industry. Develop a Risk Mitigation Strategy. The current crisis highlights the sobering reality – that disruptions can and will occur with regularity.

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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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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Where and how to buy strategically important goods and services in a way that optimizes value while minimizing risk.

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A recurring request is to reduce risk and contain costs. Risk reduction is especially important in the supply chain, where leaders are focused on supply and supplier transparency to assess vulnerabilities. Are you witnessing a shift in demand towards more ESG and supply chain risk capabilities?

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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. Supply expenses escalate due to over-ordering, waste and emergency orders.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Currency and country exposure — Decreases financial risks by accurately tying projected spend to the correct currency to facilitate hedging strategies. Tools for business optimization and risk management (including AI) — Improve business planning accuracy and decision making frameworks. Risk management. Operations.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 17, 2022

The fundamental trick to create the more robust, proactive Supply Chain, is to have the leadership that will allocate the time and resources to pursue these proactive activities. Without that leadership and vision, organizations will continue to be sucked into the morass of expediting and fire fighting.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 28, 2024

The reason being quite simply that there is so much else going on in our organizations and in the world at large that’s grabbing our attention: supply chain disruptions, supplier value management, risk factors, finding the right balance between savings and lead times and, last but not least, sustainability, in particular reducing carbon footprint.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Every research firm and vendor has their own definition, but all share the common theme of visibility. A supply chain control tower system is an attempt to make the outside supply chain environment visible to the enterprise, with “end-to-end” visibility being the Holy Grail. Challenges & Capabilities.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2023

Never in modern history have supply chain leaders had more visibility, vulnerability, or accountability laid squarely at their feet. Diversity in leadership and approaches has never been more important for supply chain. Supply chains need to evolve from low cost and optimized to risk-resilient and sustainable and SAP can help.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Our coverage also explores the latest thought leadership topics about procurement and supply, the technology that serves it and comparative analyses based on demos and the scoring of 500+ RFI requirements across 12 source-to-pay (S2P) categories that create our Vendor Ranking data.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2023

In sharp contrast with organizations that have fewer women in leadership, more than half of businesses actively focusing on gender equity and inclusion have 50% higher profits and 61% higher revenue growth—73% of these are official leaders in customer satisfaction scores. Who do you admire in the supply chain industry?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In the authors’ words, “within 5-10 years, the supply chain function may be obsolete, replaced by a smoothly running, self-regulating utility that optimally manages end-to-end workflows and requires very little human intervention.”.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Equally, lack of visibility adds to uncertainty. Where reliability is key, management of uncertainty may require closer collaboration with external parties and optimization of end-to-end (E2E) inventory levels aligned to segmented trade-off between service level and cost. This ability to “bob and weave” becomes critical.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Other than financial management, the CFO is the first line of defence for risk management. They’re required to identify risks early, understand them and offer solutions. Their scope of risk management cuts across all departments in an organization. This is because they trust the company’s leadership.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 3, 2020

Disaster Recovery Planning and Risk Management processes are foundational elements of any effective Supply Chain operation and strategy. The effectiveness of both these tools enacted by Supply Chain crisis leadership skills are being tested to a historic degree by the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We can use digital copies of these assets to simulate scenarios to trade off risks and make informed decisions. However, one McKinsey study found that 7% of CPG companies apply end to end autonomous planning. Estimates are that 32% of work can be automated, and 42% augmented. Some go as far as 80%.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 18, 2022

If these periods last for a long time then there is a risk that the organization will become complacent. You must have visibility to all tiers of your entire end to end Supply Chain, from the lowest tier supplier through to the end customer. Further you must be able to see well beyond your own immediate operations.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As such we are introducing a new “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. Conversely, if you keep taking the time to engineer out the risk, so too do you reduce the window of opportunity. What is the role of Supply Chain and Change Leadership in addressing these challenges?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

First, consider that a digital supply chain enables complete, end-to-end connectivity and visibility : You can monitor and understand, in real time, what’s happening anywhere within that supply chain and make real-time decisions to create the outcomes that you desire. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its an integrated, end-to-end process that unifies procurement and finance, helping organizations streamline purchasing, minimize delays, and ensure timely payments. By standardizing procurement activities, organizations gain visibility over spending, strengthen supplier relationships, and optimize cash flow management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods! However a new survey shows that the percentage of women in leadership roles is still low. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. But as we chronicle on the Argentus blog, the field has changed.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

By integrating financial planning with strategic and operational planning, organizations can evaluate financial profitability, identify potential gaps or risks, and make necessary adjustments to achieve financial targets. Leadership commitment, led by CFO, is crucial for successful implementation.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Depending on the specific needs of the client, the scope of contract logistics can range from managing individual aspects of the supply chain to offering full end-to-end solutions. By outsourcing transportation management, businesses can reduce costs, improve visibility, and enhance overall logistics efficiency.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS is a technology-driven approach to managing supply chains, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions for businesses. SCaaS providers typically use advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain to improve visibility, traceability, and collaboration across the supply chain.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 5, 2024

Document processes from end to end (often time stamping each process phase). Benefits of process tracking Process tracking is a great way for businesses to optimize their workflows from end to end using proven, standardized metrics. Increase productivity. Identify opportunities for improving processes.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 14, 2020

The abrupt shift in shopping patterns and demand for certain consumer goods and medical supplies compounded the problem and revealed the risk of maintaining small inventories through just-in-time sourcing. But the pandemic has demonstrated on a large scale the importance of other factors that are paramount to ESG investors.

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Barkers Procurement

AUGUST 2, 2023

Procurement leaders can lead functions to mitigate issues through: Identifying vulnerabilities with a full 360 risk assessment and enhanced transparency. What are the events impacting the end-to-end supply chain? Questions such as: What vulnerabilities do current suppliers have?

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Procurement leaders can lead functions to mitigate issues through: Identifying vulnerabilities with a full 360 risk assessment and enhanced transparency. What are the events impacting the end-to-end supply chain ? Questions such as: What vulnerabilities do current suppliers have? What are the benefits?

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Procurement leaders can lead functions to mitigate issues through: Identifying vulnerabilities with a full 360 risk assessment and enhanced transparency. What are the events impacting the end-to-end supply chain ? Questions such as: What vulnerabilities do current suppliers have? What are the benefits?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 26, 2021

The anti-maskers and the anti-vaxxers are risking the lives of not only themselves but of everyone else around them without remorse. Prioritization and risk-based decision making are required to sort through the myriad of issues and address what is most important first, putting lesser issues on the back burner for the short term.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 3, 2015

3) Which sales orders are at risk and why? And, once you know what is happening and why, you need to know what to do — your next best action , or, at least, viable options and their risks. What will projected inventory be at by the start of a promotion or season. How is this trending? And, do you understand the drivers?

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

MARCH 25, 2021

Better Visibility and Transparency. Electronic invoicing uniquely improves visibility into invoices, purchase orders, supporting documentation, and contracts. All of the functionality is available through an end-to-end native mobile e-invoicing application. Reduced Risk. Increased Accuracy.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 3, 2015

And, finally, once you know what is happening and why, you need to know what to do — your next best action , or at least viable options and their risks. If you don’t have all three now – Detect, Diagnose and Direct – in a way that covers your end-to-end value network, you need to explore how you can get there.

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 31, 2017

These aspirations can be accompanied by vivid future planning descriptions like: ‘our plans will provide visibility to anticipate issues before they eventuate’. ‘we we scenario plan all risks and opportunities and plan for the most profitable outcome’. There is clear leadership that is held accountable for tactical planning.

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