Procurement Tactics

MAY 22, 2023

Integrated logistics, also known as integrated supply chain management, refers to the coordinated and seamless management of all the activities involved in the movement and storage of goods and materials. Efficiency in inventory management By integrating the different operations, inventory management can be significantly improved.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 20, 2023

However, with the advancement of technology, businesses now have access to software that simplifies and automate the entire order management process. In this article, we will explore what supplier order management software is, its benefits, and some of the best software options available in the market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

For some time, I’ve been reading, watching and following the white papers, case studies, and countless webinars put on by keen minds about digital transformations. technology, they won’t be able to leverage them to their fullest extent without first resolving today’s critical needs like end-to-end visibility.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

For the longest time, leading Procurement technology providers in my experience just ignored this space. The goal being to build in best practices that we’ve seen across our Public Sector customers, so that they are able to deploy and get up and running faster, thereby drastically reducing time-to-value.

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Pipefy

JUNE 5, 2024

This approach to taking your business to the next level often involves end-to-end (E2E) processes to deliver solutions. This guide examines the benefits, challenges, and major steps of implementing these processes and includes real-world examples. What is an end-to-end process?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives? In this age of exponential growth in digital connectivity the time has come to ensure you have End to End Supply Chain visibility.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 18, 2024

Globalization has sped up business growth and enhanced the need for management tasks. In the supply chain, order management and inventory management play significant roles in rapid growth. Business success requires efficiency and effectiveness in managing an increasing number of orders. What is Order Management?

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Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Compliance and risk management is a growing and interesting use case of GenAI for procurement, finance and, of course, legal operations. Its uptake is only going to grow as organizations begin to rely on its power to tackle big business issues, such as third-party risk management (TPRM). 20 years ago, risk management was way simpler.

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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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Procurement Insights

MARCH 18, 2024

“Supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track and monitor products, materials, and information as they move through the various stages of a supply chain, from the sourcing of raw materials to the delivery of the final product to the end consumer. Keep that in mind.

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Spend Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As business travel rebounds to pre-pandemic levels, finance leaders must leverage this window to reassess, re-evaluate, and re-imagine travel and expense management processes and strategies. Real-time expense automation is the future. Business travel isn’t going anywhere. And those predictions have certainly rung true.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

In the healthcare supply chain, there are three main challenges pharmacies, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and patients are facing: shortages and delays; lack of convenient and cost-effective fulfillment options; and rising counterfeiting and regulatory changes, along with a persistent need for better drug cold chain management.

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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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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Working within a resilient global supply chain results in complexities around basic matters like communication, time zones and languages, along with more challenging aspects like risk management, compliance and sustainability. Third-party risk management through a specialized vendor moves beyond the onboarding and intake process.

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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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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. Sourcing teams are automating processes like data analysis as well as supplier relationship management and transaction management.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Do you have a Freight Management Strategy or are you Spinning your Wheels? Freight Management Hell article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at cerasis.com. The road to freight management Hell is laden with poor freight visibility and outdated systems.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 31, 2023

Instead, they pivoted to defensive resilience strategies and reliance solutions that add end-to-end shipment visibility, real-time response to manage disruption, and data analytics to optimize future performance.

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ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

Similar to how CRM manages everything around the customer, an S2P platform manages everything around the supplier. ​ It is a crucial process for organizations that are looking to streamline their procurement activities, better manage spend and suppliers and increase operational efficiency. What is Source-to-Pay?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! Amid the thick covid-clouds, organizations are preparing to make their way back to regular business to maximize profitability and make up for the lost time. At the forefront of these changes are new technologies which will impact supply chain management in the future.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 16, 2020

Here are three reasons why logistics management software like TMS, YMS Freight Audit and others is essential to the survival of business during events like global pandemic. So how does logistics management software prepare shippers to accommodate any business environment – even those that materialize in the wake of unexpected events?

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Spend Matters

AUGUST 28, 2023

In this Spend Matters Vendor Analysis Update, we give an updated overview of Zivio, a solution that helps organizations (buying organizations and MSPs) manage sourcing for complex services categories, such as legal, marketing or facilities management.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

By removing the friction in global supply chains, for the first time, the payment and the sourcing event are seamlessly linked. This allows for part-payments, quality or milestone-based contract terms, even payment on receipt to be visible to the supplier, finance, treasury, and the buyers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It’s a good time to reflect on recent global events and what this should mean for the future. Despite the cataclysmic disruption caused by the pandemic, inertia will prevent real and sustainable progress from being made. And having the courage to implement these changes will be the real test of leadership.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Once admired just-in-time systems have faltered badly. Supply Chains involve leadership and executive management, development, marketing, planning, finance, sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, customer service, I/T, engineering, order management, reverse logistics, environmental responsibility and more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 2020

So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives? In this age of exponential growth in digital connectivity the time has come to ensure you have End to End Supply Chain visibility.

Real-time Visibility 52

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SCMDOJO

MAY 6, 2022

The growth of coding capabilities and accessible resources can help several firms consolidate data sources and create real-time visibility throughout the end-to-end supply chain using no-code development platforms. The benefits include cost savings and a quick turnaround time from development to implementation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2021

When the end consumer used a coffee pod the specifics of that actual, real time consumption would be tracked electronically. By amassing real time consumption data across all end consumers with these smart coffee makers our customer could see real time demand patterns across their entire market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 27, 2021

If you have a resilient supply chain, you can manage to respond and recover quickly to these disruptions by returning to the original situation or by moving to a new, more desirable state in order to increase customer service, market share and financial performance. Stuff happens, and it happens all the time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This activity includes collecting and storing inventory, fulfilling orders, and managing the post-sales process. For example, when a customer orders an item through your online shop, you must ship it to the buyer within a specific time frame to avoid cancellation. Enable End-To-End Order Visibility.

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ivalua

JULY 14, 2021

With two-factor authentication and embedded real-time change processing there are no payment files to edit. In addition, the time savings introduced by removing duplicate approvals and cutting checks are immense. . Ultimately, from an Accounts Payable perspective, they are tail-end suppliers, or even a one-time supplier.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Titled, “ The Death of Supply Chain Management ,” the article discusses the way that automation, AI and big data are transforming the industry. It raises the alarm that the function will soon cease to exist, only to – as these “ X is dead“ articles often end up doing – assert that it will still exist, just in a very different form.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Control Towers – Is Yours Real or Just Smoke and Mirrors? The concept of the “control tower” is increasingly becoming widespread in Supply Chain Management, and Control Tower technologies are a popular topic right within the supply chain community. So, control towers are an attempt to combat it with visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Coronavirus pandemic created a dramatic and highly visible disruption in that paradigm. When the pandemic winds down there is a very real danger that people will go back to doing, and viewing, things the way they were before the pandemic. Much of the training is in specific skills (eg. Supply Chain is complicated.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Visibility to where goods were was largely limited to updates that came over the phone. When goods arrived at their destination physical bills of lading were used to corroborate the accuracy of shipments. The Digital Supply Chain is the result of the application of electronic technologies to every aspect of the end to end Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? As evidenced by the most recent peak shipping season , the need for effective, high-quality logistics and warehouse management has never been higher. Warehouse Management System. Yard Management System. Warehouse Control System.

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