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How to Solve Supply Chain Disruptions — It’s Not What You Think

Arkestro

As 2019 wound down, who would have predicted that how to solve supply chain disruptions would become one of the top headlines? Supply chain disruption has become something that all of us see in the headlines every day: online, in newspapers, and in magazines. What Are Supply Chain Disruptions Blamed On?

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What is Integrated Business Planning (IBP)?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Integrated planning incorporates supply chain planning, demand planning, and demand forecasts so the company can quickly assess the impact on inventory levels, supply chain logistics, production plans, and customer service capacity.

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Debunking observability myths – Part 5: You can create an observable system without observability-driven automation

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In today’s complex and dynamic environments, traditional manual approaches fall short in delivering the agility, accuracy and scalability demanded by site reliability engineering (SRE) and DevOps practices. Our customers have been able to achieve tangible results using real-time observability.

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Why Predictive Procurement in Health and Pharma is the Future

Arkestro

At the same time, digital acceleration and the need for agility have expanded the role of procurement and finance from cost-management functions to broader champions of risk management, strategic decision making, and business agility.”. . Failure resulted in highly visible shortages, public scrutiny, and loss of life.

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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

The procurement team manages the order, monitors quality, ensures on-time delivery, processes invoices, and handles any issues that arise during fulfillment. Common procurement metrics include spend under management, savings targets, supplier lead time reduction, procurement process efficiency gains, sustainability metrics and more.

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10 ways the oil and gas industry can leverage digital twin technology

IBM Supply Chain Blog

A digital twin is a dynamic, virtual representation of a physical object or system that simulates its behavior in real-time. Supply chain optimization : Oil and gas supply chains are very complex. This not only optimizes extraction rates but also prolongs the reservoir’s lifecycle.

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The Ultimate Guide to Back Office Operations & Processes

Pipefy

Back office operations ensure that businesses deliver goods and services accurately and on time. Inventory management Inventory management is the ordering, storage, organization, and movement of inventory through an organization’s supply chain, and includes replenishing supplies of products and materials.