IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This helps reduce errors to improve data quality and response times to questions, which improves customer and supplier satisfaction. For instance, one company is using a network of trusted suppliers built on IBM Blockchain® to provide product provenance for sustainably sourced shrimp.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

Sign Up for SCMDOJO Pro Membership Importance of Effective Supply Chain Management Supply chain management is not just about moving products from point A to point B – it’s a strategic approach that encompasses the entire network of processes involved in delivering goods and services to customers.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

​ Many companies are beginning to recognize that rebuilding supply networks is imperative to remain viable in a rapidly transforming global automotive sector. Monitor supply to minimize production delays and reduce the time needed for critical supply chain disruption management. Why is this happening?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2021

The Anaplan for Supply Chain solution, offered on the Anaplan cloud-native platform, takes a holistic approach to supply chain management by enabling real-time visibility across the network.

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Una

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is where strategic sourcing professionals spend most of their time, communicating directly with their top suppliers through an SRM program , and using cutting-edge procurement software to analyze spend and track risk. Even with the help of procurement tech, it takes time and resources to bring an unruly tail spend under control.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Today Peter Gowanlock, VP of Freight Solutions at KNNX, will be telling me all about KNNX and what they do; bringing the benefits of blockchain to supply chain; using technology to facilitate collaboration; and solving the challenge of visibility and information sharing for organizations. It’s a collaborative network for freight.”

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What’s needed is a solution that not only safeguards the performance of your mission-critical applications, but also goes above and beyond through reduced cost, time efficiency and monetary savings. An array of problems, anywhere from application bottlenecks to network latency to bugs can cause app performance issues.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Edge computing is a new technology that allows data to be processed at the edge of a network rather than in its center. This will minimize delays caused by transferring data between locations via secure channels or over wireless networks, which may not operate at optimal speeds due to congestion issues. Distributed Data Is Efficient.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Ashley and I sat down to talk about some of the ways organizations can level up, create visibility, achieve agility and drive sustainability in the supply chain. We’re working on optimizing our network to take out costs while our rates fluctuate… we’re focused on capital efficiency, and looking at what the consumer really wants.”

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ivalua

MAY 19, 2022

Our unrivaled licensing and banking networks are setting new standards of security, transparency, and speed for B2B cross-border payments,” said Sinead Fitzmaurice, CEO of TransferMate Global Payments – a subsidiary of the Clune Tech Group. All this is transparent across the payment journey, to the buyer and supplier.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 27, 2020

GlobalTranz Enterprises, LLC, a third-party logistics solutions provider recently announced the launch of the next generation of the GlobalTranz Mobile app, which will support the company’s independent agents and network of truckload carriers through access to freight opportunities, real-time visibility and 24/7 support.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2022

Cargo Chief enables 3PLs and freight brokers to expand their carrier network, gain visibility into real-time pricing, and streamline their processes. And Hubtek is a tech-enabled talent and automation solutions provider for transportation companies across North America.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The global digital payments ecosystem continues to evolve as new and incumbent financial institutions, payment networks, central banks, governmental agencies, businesses and other market players push for innovation. They all work toward the common goal of creating secure, compliant, real-time, ubiquitous and low-cost payment rails.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2023

With a pre-connected network, they’re aiming to move the needle from months to trade down to minutes. Today Erik Kiser, CEO and founder of Orderful, joins me to chat all about the company; the challenges involved with traditional EDI solutions; bringing supply chains together; achieving visibility and addressing risk; and the future of EDI.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

They need strong SCM practices to help work out the logistics of transporting goods across long distances and through multiple countries without creating longer lead times or delays. Advanced software tools can automate some parts of forecasting, providing real-time updates and alerts when inventory levels are too high or low.

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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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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

The first and most visible element of this change are the emergence of Government tax networks or Continuous Transaction Controls (CTC) systems. Europe will join Latin America, India, China, and other countries already on the path to real-time tax collection. What are the implications?

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This integration ensures the visibility of inventory, efficient order processing, and synchronized fulfilment across all channels. Having clear visibility into inventory is critical for omnichannel fulfilment. Limited Visibility: These supply chains have restricted visibility, with real-time information being scarce.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 18, 2019

By automating business processes, such as transportation, materials management, invoice/PO, bid, project management, firms improve efficiencies, reduce errors and admin time, increase productivity, and speed cash-to-cash cycle. The post How a Collaborative Network Will Change the Construction World!

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2022

Digital supply chains use one integrated network for all relevant supply chain partners, including procurement, suppliers, service providers, and even customers. The financial benefits include greater profitability, reduced costs, accelerated time-to-market, and faster time-to-delivery. .

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 25, 2023

Today Richard White, Founder and CEO of WiseTech Global, joins me to chat all about the company and what they do; his entrepreneurial journey; using real-time data visibility to bring your workforce together; accelerating growth through acquisition; and his vision for empowering the world’s supply chains.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 30, 2022

A supply chain is made up of an interconnected network of suppliers that all function together to deliver products or services to customers efficiently. Demand planning enables businesses to stock the proper amount of inventory and maintain correct inventory levels. Visibility. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Conclusion.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Cloud costs are out of control, and teams spend too much time fixing instead of innovating. It’s time for IT to go from reactive to proactive and preventative. You’ll find automated full-stack visibility, one-second granularity and three seconds to notify.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 14, 2023

As a result, businesses can optimize their logistics processes using Orchestration and save time and resources. This technology allows businesses to monitor their supply chain from order placement to final delivery in real-time. This increased visibility leads to more efficient supply chain and inventory management.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 14, 2015

Am I able to allocate supply in real time across my entire network to maximize revenues?”. Are we able to reduce our freight costs and maintain on time deliveries?”. “Do Do we have any opportunities to reduce inventories while simultaneously improving customer service levels?”.

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The Thomas Blog

MAY 16, 2024

It's an engaging and dynamic approach to increase a business's visibility and influence in its intended market. They act as a digital center for participants, offering agendas, details on speakers, chances for networking, and more. This information is crucial for tailoring products and marketing strategies.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

The company has implemented sophisticated barcode scanning and point-of-sale systems to collect real-time data from its stores. By employing these technologies, Walmart gains valuable insights into customer buying behavior, sales trends, and inventory levels.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to a separate 2023 Global Security Operations Center Study , SOC professionals say they waste nearly 33% of their time each day investigating and validating false positives. In doing so, it frees up precious time for analysts to focus on higher-level analyses, threat hunting and other important security tasks.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The role of attack surface management in data breach containment Despite employing an arsenal of cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data, many organizations find themselves in a relentless race against time, as they strive to bridge the gap between the moment a data breach occurs and when it is effectively contained.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 7, 2015

As customers demand shorter lead times and more precise delivery windows, LSP’s are can be offered to provide JIT and/or tightly scheduled deliveries leveraging advanced routing and dispatch systems as well as telematics enabled vehicles to provide real time location and ETA information.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

By leveraging technologies like machine learning, natural language processing, and neural networks, AI-driven solutions can help procurement teams work smarter, faster, and more efficiently. One of the biggest challenges in procurement has been gaining visibility into exactly where money is being spent across the organization.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 24, 2022

Their flexible, customized supply chain solutions, based on best practices and expertise, work seamlessly with internal client operations to ensure time-definite delivery wherever and whenever necessary. We are a multi enterprise supply chain business network.”. Visibility for the sake of visibility is just another pile of data.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the simplest sense, a cybersecurity threat, or cyberthreat, is an indication that a hacker or malicious actor is attempting to gain unauthorized access to a network for the purpose of launching a cyberattack. Unsecured Wi-Fi networks are often happy hunting grounds for hackers looking to launch MITM attacks.

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Procurement Heads

JANUARY 30, 2023

IT procurement provides a lot more visibility to senior stakeholders within the business. CIPS is valuable because it allows you to apply your theory to the real world. Through studying CIPS you also have the opportunity to expand your wider network which is key. Network as much as you can and learn to be a good listener.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 30, 2023

The Challenges with EDI One of the main challenges that every company faces with EDI is the time and resources it takes to onboard new trading partners. The average time to onboard and go live with a new partner is about 12 weeks and typically involves IT specialists, software developers, and EDI experts.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 14, 2023

It comprises all elements from the origin (the raw material) to the consumption networks (end users). Now, real-time connections provide more accurate data and information, which helps create collaboration in the digital world. It has made visible changes in the SCM systems.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In DevOps , the concept of observability has evolved to refer to the end-to-end visibility of a system state as dictated by telemetry data. Logs Logs include discrete events recorded every time something occurs in the system, such as status or error messages, or transaction details. Using Kubernetes observability tools.

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