IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In IDC’s 2022 Global Supply Chain Survey , they identified that “lack of visibility and resiliency to see necessary changes in time to react effectively” was the most problematic and unaddressed deficiency in modern supply chain management and inventory optimization.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 25, 2025

ANSWER #1 AdaptOne could provide significant value to Byrne Dairy , a food and beverage company, by optimizing and digitizing its procurement operations particularly in supplier management , compliance tracking , and procurement workflow visibility. Here’s how: 1.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Visibility – An Overcomplicated Challenge! A recent Deloitte survey estimated only 15% of CPO’s have visibility beyond their tier one suppliers. I found this striking that there is so little multi-tier Supply Chain visibility. Visibility comes at a cost – one we’ve spoken about before: trust.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Collaboration across Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond requires visibility and communication regarding capacity, cost, risk, order quantities, inventory levels, quality , timelines, logistics, and more. Collaboration brings visibility and agility for gaining market share.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Real-time monitoring is vital for SAP BTP cloud-native applications. Overview of IBM Instana and its capabilities in the SAP BTP environment IBM Instana provides real-time monitoring and observability for SAP BTP applications. Why SAP BTP + IBM Instana? Currently, Instana supports SAP BTP Kyma cluster monitoring.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In times of pressure and crisis , highly responsive and trustworthy suppliers make agility possible. Following widely-known standards keeps your vendor options open so you’re not locked into sourcing from a small pool of specialty suppliers that can negatively impact time to market.

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ivalua

JUNE 4, 2020

A review of the key elements in supplier management for manufacturers and how Source-to-Pay procurement technology can support the journey towards supply chain resilience and agility in times of crisis. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, procurement organizations around the world are scrambling to react.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 16, 2025

While full-scale digital transformation certainly takes time, organisations can see rapid improvements in efficiency, collaboration, and data accuracy right from the outset. By automating routine tasks, streamlining communication, and centralising information in one single source of truth, you create tangible quick wins.

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Spend Matters has been speaking with procurement practitioners and solution providers to get a wide view of how procurement and digital transformation is happening in the real world. And in the real workplace, thats where those decisions come from rather than procurement itself. Her first piece of advice would be: Dont. Not yet anyway!

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

AdaptOne could provide significant value to Byrne Dairy , a food and beverage company, by optimizing and digitizing its procurement operations particularly in supplier management , compliance tracking , and procurement workflow visibility. Here’s how: 1. We aim to improve supplier onboarding, ensure regulatory compliance (e.g.,

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 28, 2024

Inventory management was rudimentary, often relying on manual processes and paper-based systems. This approach limited visibility and control over stock, leading to inefficiencies and potential stockouts. The Shift Towards Efficiency: Streamlining Operations As supply chains grew more complex, the need for optimization emerged.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Solutions: Strategic Sourcing: Move beyond transactional purchasing and embrace strategic sourcing. Leveraging Technology: Implement procurement software and analytics tools to gain better visibility into spending patterns , identify areas of inefficiency, and automate processes.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 3, 2025

It hosts global events, supports startup innovation, and provides thought leadership to procurement professionals seeking digital transformation. Global Reach, Real Impact Participants and speakers come from over 50 countries. Smaller companies might struggle with the cost-benefit ratio for limited booth or stage time.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 12, 2025

ProcureTech Solution Providers and Agentic AI Stances Agentic AI in procurement involves AI agents handling tasks like sourcing, contract management, and supplier coordination with minimal human oversight, often integrated into platforms like SAP or Coupa. supplier analysis, spend optimization), automating workflows like order approvals.

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ivalua

AUGUST 16, 2022

The report explains that: “Scope 3 emissions reduction is a key challenge for companies, often due to a lack of visibility and monitoring of suppliers’ data. Closing these visibility and engagement gaps is critical to reducing emissions, but we’re a long way off. But time is of the essence for organizations.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

In modern enterprises, where operations leave a massive digital footprint, business events allow companies to become more adaptable and able to recognize and respond to opportunities or threats as they occur. Becoming a real-time enterprise Businesses often go on a journey that traverses several stages of maturity when they establish an EDA.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2025

Geopolitical issues: Trade wars, tariffs , political instability, or regulatory changes that affect sourcing. Whether its political unrest in a region, shipping delays, or a sudden price hike, relying too heavily on one source can bring your operations to a grinding halt. These data points help you spot issues before they snowball.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Lack of control or visibility into what is being spent and with which suppliers. Data comes from multiple sources, such as purchasing/payment systems, purchasing card data, travel and expense systems, and often multiple ERP systems. Once you have visibility into your tail spend, you can look at patterns. Who purchased it.

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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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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Supply chain processes include procurement from source to pay, together with inbound logistics, production, quality control, outbound logistics and post-sales service. Direct material management oversees the sourcing, procurement, storage, and flow of raw materials, components, and subassemblies.

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ivalua

AUGUST 26, 2015

Thus when launching an information gathering initiative, it can be difficult to ascertain where to put the most time to get the fastest and strongest return on the project. Block a supplier from participating in a sourcing event. Determine the criteria that will trigger the red flag and work your way back to its data sources.

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

Having the complete source-to-pay journey within the Ivalua Platform will help our customers build stronger, reliable supplier relationships”, said David Khuat-Duy, Founder and CEO of Ivalua. The high-level benefit of embedding the TransferMate payment solution within the Ivalua Source to Pay journey is that supply chains can become stronger.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

20152020: Procurement Gains Strategic Recognition Emergence of Strategic Sourcing : CFOs began to recognize procurement’s role in driving long-term value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationships, and risk management. Analytics and insights from procurement data were minimal.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This distributed model means that edge computing can reduce network latency by allowing actionable data from sources like sensors and other IoT devices to be analyzed much closer than would otherwise be possible with cloud-based systems. Real-Time Visibility and Responsiveness to Unstuck Supply Chains.

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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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Procurement Insights

APRIL 18, 2025

Based on the input from the 1998 Agent-based RAM platform, which featured self-learning algorithms within a nascent AI framework, confirmed prior research indicated that Indirect Material MRO products were prone to much greater volatility over time than Direct Materials.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Loss of sales and market share are the most visible and measurable impacts. Under pressure to quickly identify new sources of supply, due diligence has–at times been reduced, thereby increasing the likelihood of quality issues, unknowingly supporting forced labor, or exposing organizations to fraud. Few knew until impacted.

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ivalua

MARCH 28, 2019

The huge growth in the use of technology has been the most visible part of that developing picture. I first saw this term used a few years ago by Philip Ideson, as a title for his website and excellent series of podcasts, and it feels like this may be an idea whose time has come.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 6, 2023

Inventory forecasting, also known as demand planning or demand forecasting, is a market research technique that accurately predicts future inventory needs. By analyzing past data, trends, and upcoming events, businesses can ensure sufficient product availability while avoiding excess inventory.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Let’s explore three ways in which fulfillment can be challenged during the holidays and how to overcome these hurdles with preparation ahead of known events. This requires real-time inventory visibility and optimized order orchestration, helping to deliver stronger customer care through more polished fulfillment experiences.

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TYA Suite

APRIL 13, 2025

It helps organizations plan, track, and manage everything involved in purchasing goods or servicesfrom ordering office chairs to sourcing raw materials. Heres why this matters toyou: Whether youre a small business owner, a team leader, or someone curious about streamlining workflows, understanding a can save time, money, and stress.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

From sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, and storage, to transportation and distribution, SCM ensures efficiency and cost-effectiveness throughout the entire journey. Sourcing: Sourcing is all about finding reliable suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing relationships.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2024

These technologies can examine huge portions of data from multiple sources, and recognize patterns and tendencies that would be impossible for humans to discern. Whether it will be worth it, only time will tell. An expensive one, we dare say. Blockchain and supply chain transparency We can’t complete our list without blockchains.

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ivalua

MAY 6, 2021

Meanwhile, organizations face myriad external risks: climate disruption, geopolitical issues, increasingly strict legislation and regulations, and, of course, the global pandemic all impact the supply chain, and Procurement is under heightened pressure to mitigate those macro risks with effective sourcing and supplier management processes.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

When it comes to managing a supply chain, having access to real-time data can be a game-changer. By providing visibility into every aspect of the supply chain, companies can identify bottlenecks, reduce waste, and minimize delays. This can result in faster delivery times and improved customer satisfaction.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 20, 2023

As the risks that trigger supply disruptions, regulatory non-compliance and missed corporate objectives continue to gain visibility, an ‘eyes wide open’ attitude towards supplier risk assessment and mitigation strategies has become imperative to improve operational resilience.

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