Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 28, 2025

Leading the ‍Charge in Healthcare Infrastructure Investment Thermo Fisher’s commitment to bolstering the US healthcare supply chain is a significant step towards enhancing the resilience and efficiency of the nation’s medical infrastructure.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. Production relocation or re-routing through trade-compliant intermediaries. Remaining agile by embedding reassessment mechanisms. That is where technology can help. Organizations need something more robust.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the era of the Digital Retail Revolution, adaptive supply chain management is imperative amid the surge in online retail and the social commerce boom. In addition to the ever-changing marketing landscape, the supply chain often fails. You need to integrate your supply chain management systems to meet this demand.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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The Good Spending

AUGUST 16, 2022

Why is supply chain collaboration essential? Once, I was asked what makes the supply chain important to a company. Shadow procurement, supply chain, and logistics have become standard for many companies. The supply chain is the most collaborative function in the business.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. Production Lead Time: Encompassing manufacturing, quality control, assembly, and related processes. Improved forecasting contributes to better overall supply chain planning.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

9 Steps to Improving Supplier Collaboration for Competitive Advantage The strategic value of suppliers has been growing, and so has the need to rely on their performance and partnership. Supplier collaboration serves as the foundation for supply continuity, agility, risk management, and resilience when disruptions occur.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

Enhanced supplier collaboration through data-driven decisions With the rise of digital tools and analytics, operational procurement management is increasingly data-driven. This allows procurement teams to collaborate more effectively with suppliers, identify patterns, and forecast future needs.

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Una

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Implementing a Just-in-Time supply chain keeps your warehousing lean and at just the right level to meet demand. Procurement’s involvement with suppliers also provides an opportunity to improve product quality so the business sells more. This involves building up a stock buffer against future disruption.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 9, 2023

As a global technology company, they provide networked innovation, quality, and compliance solutions to consumer brands that want to reduce supply chain risk, innovate faster, speed up business processes, and take control of data. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [06.31] Gary’s background and how, and why, it led him to founding TraceGains.

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Solvoyo

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Organizational Agility along with Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain technologies was one of main trending topics for 2018 and will continue to be in the hit list for 2019 as well. Let’s start with Organizational Agility and the role of Digital Transformation in making this happen.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 15, 2024

Defining Just in Time (JIT) Inventory Just in Time (JIT) inventory, also known as lean inventory or zero inventory, is a management approach that emphasizes minimizing inventory levels by receiving goods only when they are needed for production or sale. Quality Control: JIT inventory places a strong emphasis on zero defects.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

For the longer-term decisions on planning and strategy, technology will augment the quality of human-centric decisions and nurture human-machine collaboration. If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019).

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The Good Spending

JUNE 15, 2022

globalization, disrupting value chains, etc.) and new forms of collaboration between business partners. These interdependencies challenge traditional ways organizations purchase products, services, and solutions to enhance competitive advantage and customer satisfaction. Examples: spot buying, e-auctions.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Ensure supply continuity This was number 1 on the 2023 list of priorities. First, organizations need to get full supply chain visibility. What is the probability of a supply chain disruption? Second, they must diversify their supply base appropriately. environment) Improve procurement agility (i.e.,

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

BPR examples: Use cases Streamlining supply chain management Using BPR for supply chain optimization involves a meticulous reassessment and redesign of every step, including logistics, inventory management and procurement. This can enable significant cost savings and improve profitability.

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Solvoyo

JULY 9, 2020

Solvoyo’s Development & DevOps teams were able to switch to remote working in a matter of hours while ensuring critical systems and projects kept running. Thanks to putting agile and resilient plans in place well ahead of the crisis, we were ready pretty quickly. Solvoyo has built strong DevOps since its foundation.

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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. The conversation must go beyond IS and IT stakeholders to strategy, product development, risk, supply chain, and customer engagement. A technology partner can play a key role.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Check out Supplier Collaboration is a Win-Win Strategy! Supplier relationship management is a process for developing and managing collaborative relationships with suppliers at all levels to achieve the required business objectives and overall supply chain strategy. Email Address.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 23, 2024

To build stronger strategic relationships with their most capable suppliers, facilitating collaboration on product innovation, quality, sustainability, and continuous improvement. To mitigate supply chain risks and improve business continuity by reducing dependence on many small suppliers. Seek innovative partners.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 25, 2024

Collaborate with Suppliers Engaging with your suppliers can uncover additional savings opportunities. Aim for partnerships that offer mutual benefits, such as shared growth opportunities or innovation in product development. This involves comparing current spend against previous periods or benchmarks.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 24, 2024

This capital can then be reinvested in other business areas, such as marketing or product development, driving further growth and profitability. Inventory tracking involves monitoring product quantities, locations, and movement throughout the supply chain.

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Barkers Procurement

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

If the supply partner in question has attracted a wealth of spend, or operates in a sector with few alternatives or high barriers to entry, the Procurement function must ensure that they survive, too. As a result, cost transformation values the involvement and development of supplier relationships, to collaboratively drive down costs.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

The Execution and Collaboration modules give you the ability to track tasks and approvals individually, bringing you closer to project completion. FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains.

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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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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

A digital thread is a digital representation of a product’s lifecycle , from design to manufacturing to maintenance and beyond, providing a seamless flow of data that connects all aspects of the lifecycle.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This approach frees up development resources from repetitive and mundane tasks to focus more of novel solutions, provides more data insight that will open new design opportunities and improves the collaboration within and between teams to explore alternative approaches.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

Innovative procurement models offer new ways to approach these challenges, leveraging technology, strategic collaborations, and a focus on sustainability to deliver enhanced outcomes. Organizations are now expected to not only manage cost but also to ensure supply chain resilience, mitigate risks, and contribute to strategic objectives.

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Una

JANUARY 8, 2024

Businesses that constantly shake things up – whether in product development, processes, or business models – stay ahead of the curve. Procurement can promote employee value all the way down the value chain by ensuring suppliers comply with fair labor practices, ethical standards, and employee well-being.

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Pipefy

MARCH 6, 2023

Following recent events like the pandemic, the shift to non-office work models, and supply chain pressures, the demand for business process transformation has accelerated. This includes initiatives aimed at improving product development, customer experiences, and operational efficiency.

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Procurement Software

MAY 23, 2023

Very few CEOs come from Procurement or Supply Chain. In a world of hyper connectivity created by rampant globalisation, Apple had shown itself to be a master of procurement, working with suppliers around the world to create the highest quality and most innovative products, all for the best price.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

  Today I’m joined by Blue Yonder , the number one supply chain platform delivering more growth, less waste, and amazing customer experiences Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment. and an MBA from Indiana University.

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