Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? Death of Global Supply Chains article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. Is COVID19 the death of Global Supply Chains? Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ethical and regulatory barriers : Upholding AI ethics is pivotal. One of the largest children clothing retailer in the US utilizes this solution to streamline its complex supply chain. AWS’s scalable infrastructure allows for rapid, large-scale implementation, ensuring agility and data security.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. Policies serve as guidelines for the procurement team, ensuring consistency and adherence to ethical standards.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Enables adherence to policies and regulations through ethical, sustainable, and compliant practices. Procurement Best Practices To maximize the value of procurement, organizations should follow certain best practices around ethics, sustainability, risk management, and cost savings. Dual sourcing and supply chain digitization can help.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

This allows for the identification and implementation of measures to mitigate any delays or obstacles in the supply chain by organizations. This includes checking standards of ethics, legal requirements, supplier diversity, and minimizing any risk that may arise in connection with the procurement activities.

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 25, 2022

In this series of short blogs, I will discuss the transition of traditional IBP towards a more intelligent IBP. In the first blogs, I discussed the rise of autonomous and unshackle the planners. In this blog : Closing the Decision Gaps. More about that, in the next blog. Intelligent automation will change this.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. Optimized supply chains lead to improved profit margins.

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Barkers Procurement

MARCH 14, 2024

Indeed, studies have shown that the ethical principles of an organisation are one of the key considerations for the younger generation when researching roles and companies for which to apply. In addition, suppliers embracing ESG will drive innovation for new products, where agile companies could hold the advantage.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Like the transition to hybrid cloud, agile software development, or zero trust, generative AI security can be an afterthought. Organizations also need to recognize that while hallucinations, ethics, and bias often come to mind first when thinking of trusted AI, the AI pipeline faces a threat landscape that puts trust itself at risk.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! Consumers are demanding more from the companies they buy from, and Supply Chain Management is at the forefront of delivering that increased responsibility. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Experienced developers are leaning on generative AI to advance complex coding tasks more efficiently. In addition, Well-developed prompts and inputs direct generative models to output creative content for emails, blogs, social media posts and websites. Existing content can be reimagined and edited using AI tools.

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Empowering CPO

JULY 3, 2023

In this blog, we will delve deep into the realm of managed procurement services, and more importantly, the innovative strategies that are revolutionizing this field. As globalization accelerates and supply chains become increasingly complex, procurement’s role has expanded from a mere transactional function to a strategic one.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Starbucks also paid careful attention to its supply chain, ensuring is products were ethically sourced and offering specialty drinks that in some geographic locations could be difficult to find. The company’s early focus on talent management for service employees was a major differentiator, as well.

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Una

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Now, CPOs and their procurement teams look to invest in more secure supply chains, addressing increased volatility in consumer demand and responding to the changing ways people work (i.e., The resilience of global supply chains is under attack. Greater public transparency for ethical procurement. What’s changed?

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Empowering CPO

JULY 2, 2023

This blog post aims to delve into the world of managed procurement services, explore its current state, and cast a light on the key trends that are set to shape its future. Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating potential risks in the supply chain, ensuring business continuity and resilience.

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Sourcing Solved

MARCH 31, 2022

I was delighted when Tesca Group CPO Nadia Stoykov agreed to write an article for the Sourcing Solved Community Blog. Because she has an in-depth understanding of enterprise-wide functions and goals beyond procurement and the supply chain, she knows what skillsets to look for in a potential new hire. Why is this important?

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 22, 2023

Spend analysis, a cornerstone of procurement and supply chain management, is the process of collecting, cleansing, classifying, and analyzing expenditure data with the goal of reducing procurement costs, improving efficiency, and monitoring compliance. But how do we fuel the engine of strategic sourcing?

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Barkers Procurement

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The right digital procurement technology can centralise spend data, identify trends and compliance to metrics, pinpoint opportunities, and simplify supply chain decisions as a result. Good ethics are attractive to suppliers and to customers. All crucial components when knowing exactly where you are, and where you want to be.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

Purpose of the Blog Post This blog post will serve as your guide to innovative procurement models. Organizations are now expected to not only manage cost but also to ensure supply chain resilience, mitigate risks, and contribute to strategic objectives. Case Studies of Innovative Procurement A.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

“Its inherent flexibility and agile deployment capabilities, coupled with a robust commitment to information security, accentuates its appeal.” And considering the unpredictability of many LLMs, it’s important to also factor in AI ethics and governance into the model building, training, tuning, testing, and outputs.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 5, 2023

In essence, procurement serves as the backbone of an organization’s supply chain, contributing to cost savings, risk management, and supplier relationship management. This approach often resulted in inefficient use of resources, limited visibility into supplier performance, and difficulty in managing complex supply chains.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Along with adding enormous value to customer and employee experience, HR and customer service functions, generative AI on hybrid cloud gives CIOs and CTOs exceptional agility to automate IT operations and modernize applications, potentially eliminating their technical debt and enabling truly continuous modernization.

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Planergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll break down everything you need to know about supplier performance management, including how to measure it and what factors to consider. Flexibility / Agility. This includes adhering to regulatory requirements, ethical sourcing practices, etc. But, how do you measure supplier performance?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Initiatives are being put in place to make these statements a reality, but are these organizations agile enough to shift strategies, process and operations — for real? A report in 2016 by GT Nexus, “showed there is a demand for ethically and sustainably sourced products.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 26, 2023

Over the last few years, a lot has changed in the supply chain industry. Fueled by constant disruptions that peaked during the pandemic and constant news headlines about the latest chain issues, consumers are more informed about supply chain and how it impacts their communities and daily lives.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 26, 2023

In this blog, we will delve into the exciting future of spend analysis and discuss the key trends that forward-thinking organizations should watch out for. Stronger supplier relationships lead to better pricing, improved service levels, and a more reliable supply chain.

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Claritum

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. The NfP also has a greater focus on adding social value to a supply chain. Particularly in the case of critical supply chains where there can be a very limited group of suppliers. Therefore in terms of ethics there are no clear differences between the NfP and FP sectors.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 13, 2024

This blog series demystifies enterprise generative AI (gen AI) for business and technology leaders. In the previous blog , we discussed the differentiated approach by IBM to delivering enterprise-grade models. Comply with regulations :The regulatory landscape for AI is still evolving, with ethical considerations at the forefront.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 7, 2019

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

With rising consumer and stakeholder expectations around ethical and responsible supply chains, who supplies your organization’s goods and services is also a C-suite consideration. The sourcing process sits within supply chain management and is used for identifying, vetting and selecting the best suppliers.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Legal and ethical compliance: Emphasizing diversity and inclusion ensures that organizations comply with antidiscrimination laws and promote fairness and equity in the workplace. Increased agility and flexibility: Having access to a pool of qualified candidates enables organizations to adapt swiftly to emerging opportunities and challenges.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 6, 2023

As global supply chains become more complex and interconnected, procurement professionals play a critical role in ensuring businesses remain competitive and resilient. Predictive analytics, for instance, allows procurement professionals to forecast demand, identify potential supply chain disruptions, and optimize inventory levels.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

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Empowering CPO

MAY 4, 2023

By effectively managing the purchasing process, companies can better control their expenditures and optimize their supply chain, ensuring the availability of the right products and services at the right time. These practices range from embracing digital transformation to fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

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HICX

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the center of this paradigm is Supplier Performance Management (SPM) – a critical component of comprehensive supply chain management that has demonstrated that it is crucial in driving business success in the modern global economy. Table of Contents What is Supplier Performance Management? What is Supplier Performance Management?

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World of Procurement blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

With better data comes more precise insights into your Supply Chain. Procurement practitioners and Procurement leaders now need to talk, with confidence, about every part of their supply chain to multiple different stakeholders. I’ve personally spent 6 and a half years in Procurement and Supply Chain now.

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HICX

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Supplier risk management (which can be referred to as SRM, although this acronym more commonly means supplier relationship management) is a process that identifies, assesses and mitigates threats posed in the organization’s supply chain that have the potential to impact revenue generation and profit.

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