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How much supply chain visibility is too much visibility?

Procurement Insights

To what degree does a breakdown or inefficiency at one point have a ripple effect through the other E2E touchpoints? So, how much supply chain visibility is “too much visibility” in relation to what happens at some unseen point down the chain? How about a client retail chain losing market share?

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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. However, maintenance inventory optimization is only part of the solution.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives. This helps reduce errors to improve data quality and response times to questions, which improves customer and supplier satisfaction. They instead focus on continuous improvement.

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The Pallet Supply Chain and Lumber Price Impacts!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I quickly became very familiar with the standard half-sized and full-sized (40″ x 48″) pallets that the company was using at the time, though I was unaware of the Pallet Supply Chain. The backbone of the Digital Supply Chain of the future is end to end electronic connectivity and real time visibility as to the movement of goods.

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Supplier Order Management Software – Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

This integration enables businesses to have real-time visibility into order status, inventory levels, and supplier performance, enabling them to make informed decisions and respond quickly to changing market demands. This automation saves time and effort, making the procurement process more efficient.

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Business process management (BPM) examples

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives. By establishing standardized workflows and decision rules, BPM streamlines the claims process by reducing processing times and minimizing errors.

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Supply Chains Are Broken. Denial Will Kill Your Company!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Commodity and raw material shortages of every kind have delayed the manufacturing and distribution of goods across most industries, driving up prices in the process. Once admired just-in-time systems have faltered badly. One of the fundamental problems which has contributed to the current breakdowns is the sheer lack of visibility.