IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Near-sourcing, in addition to lowering emissions, also cuts transportation costs and delivery times. Solutions like the IBM Sterling Fulfillment Optimizer help teams execute new sourcing decisions in real time to meet fluctuating customer demand.

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Strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization 87

Una

MAY 11, 2023

Building a Procurement Function From Scratch With the right approach, building a procurement function from scratch can create streamlined and efficient processes that deliver real value to your organization. Build a team Once you’ve identified your goals and stakeholders, it’s time to start building your team.

Procurement 98

Procurement Real-time Visibility e2e Purchasing 98

Arkestro

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Supply Chain Visibility. Supply chain visibility is another critical issue. Visibility provides regulatory and consumer assurance in the face of issues like counterfeiting. market will have to be fully compliant with product tracing requirements (which were phased in starting in 2015) by 2023.

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Real-time Visibility Procurement e2e Raw materials 52

SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

A good way to understand longer end-to-end transit times which under the current scenario have increased dramatically on most of the major trade lanes is to take a closer look at where delays are more likely to happen. To combat runaway inflation, which reached 7.9%

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , for the second year in a row, phishing was the leading cyber threat, identified in 41% of incidents. These capabilities help identify and block advanced threats like ransomware and cyberattacks in real-time on any type of endpoint.

Risk 60

Risk Management Real-time Visibility e2e 60

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. Intelligent IBP effectively combines human and machine strengths with good decision practices to consistently make timely, high-quality, horizon agnostic business decisions. 2% of managers apply best practice decision methods.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Taking all your feedback and market insights into perspective and careful consideration, we are thrilled to announce that in 2023. Here’s a comprehensive recap of everything we launched in 2023, awards and links to the latest update and how you can get started with each enhancement. Learn more in our announcement blog.

Innovation 95

Innovation e2e Real-time Visibility Sourcing 95

ivalua

MARCH 9, 2023

S2P is the end-to-end process that encompasses all the activities between an organization and its suppliers. By gaining visibility into spending patterns, demand, supplier performance, and supply markets–opportunities will be uncovered.

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Sourcing Real-time Visibility e2e supply chain software solutions 130

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Taking all your feedback and market insights into perspective and careful consideration, we are thrilled to announce that in 2023. Here’s a comprehensive recap of everything we launched in 2023, awards and links to the latest update and how you can get started with each enhancement. Learn more in our announcement blog.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 11, 2023

For IBM, Think is a perfect time for us to connect, collaborate and help our clients and partners continue to forge ahead with digital transformation and innovation. As we wrap up Think 2023, we’re excited to recap a few of the exciting new capabilities we are launching in our IT Automation portfolio.

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Finale Inventory

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Scanning a label takes a fraction of the time needed to jot down even the briefest of details – and items are immediately visible in your online system with full product details available. Cycle counting is the practice of counting a rotating subset of your inventory on a regular, frequent basis. Adopt continuous cycle counts.

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Inventory Management Real-time Visibility e2e 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The average cost of a data breach set a new record in 2023 of USD 4.45 On the bright side, data also shows that artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can improve security readiness and speed response to attacks, to help dramatically shrink the data breach window before causing real harm.

Data 105

Data Real-time Visibility e2e Sourcing 105

Pipefy

AUGUST 10, 2023

In contrast, process intelligence automatically and continuously acquires data at scale, resulting in clear visibility into an organization’s journey towards improving its processes. These tools may work with both historical and real-time data. Reading recommendation: What Is Workflow Management?

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility e2e Data Risk 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Meeting these demands requires creating seamless and secure customer journeys built on real-time insights and data. The engagement has empowered Adobe’s employees to work faster and smarter with improved visibility, speed and quality in the face of unpredictable challenges.

Real-time Visibility 57

Real-time Visibility e2e Demand Data 57

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 6, 2023

It is more challenging than ever for IT operations (ITOps) teams to maintain a complete view of their end-to-end IT environment and effectively manage events and incidents. Enhanced visibility: AIOps Insights provides real-time status updates and notifications, enabling more continuous monitoring and more timely incident resolution.

Management 58

Management Real-time Visibility e2e Collaboration 58

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

what/who is driving the spending by how much), trending/time-phased analysis and drill downs through master data taxonomies, e.g., category and supplier taxonomies. The top vendors extend the analytics schema to also support predictive data analysis, AI/ML models or real-time visibility across many systems.

Real-time Visibility 76

Real-time Visibility Data e2e Quality 76

Pipefy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This gives teams more visibility and control by providing a central hub for all purchases, payments, and other information. Better visibility improves alignment between buyers, legal teams, and accounts payable. All information can be integrated into a database for easier retrieval, deeper visibility, and to simplify updating records.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility e2e Procurement Procurement team 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Along with these challenges, the ongoing drive to reduce costs, improve efficiency and productivity, drive better decision-making and reduce risk will continue to drive pharma investment in cloud, AI/ML, analytics and automation in 2023 despite higher interest rates. Since then, more than 20 cell and gene therapy products have been approved.

Innovation 40

Innovation Strategy Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting 40