Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 4, 2022

I was sitting on the train, on my way to a client site in Switzerland at the time (leading a global project working in Deloitte & Touch) and I came across this paragraph: “A sense-and-respond organization does not attempt to predict future demand for its offerings. Performance in motion, this is how we Sense & Respond in real-time.

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Spend Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Spend Matters is publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and services providers in the market. Our AI-first approach toward software development is helping us provide clients with end-to-end visibility, cost, supplier and market intelligence and predictive analytics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Freight Management Hell article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at cerasis.com. The road to freight management Hell is laden with poor freight visibility and outdated systems. Yet, many continue to operate with blind ignorance of the real problem—limited visibility.

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HICX

MAY 12, 2023

In his words, “If we don’t have visibility of it, we don’t know where to go at it.” Analytics, on the other hand, done correctly, can provide this visibility. Buyers, he says, are spending a lot of time trying to get materials to their factories. Or, ‘how do you get real-time decision-making?’

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2021

Supply Chain Investment Challenges – Real and Imagined! Intelligent Supply Chain technologies article and permission to publish here provided by Dan Weinberger , UN Supply Chain Expert and CEO of Morpheus Network. Data analytics provides actionable insights to save time, effort and cost. Hyperautomation.

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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Peak season article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. Moreover, failure to apply data and consider the real impact of the upcoming peak season will lead to significant problems. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Get Our EBOOK HERE.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The end to end electronic connectivity of all elements of the Supply Chain, as enabled by an extensive array of exciting new technologies, will define all progression over the next few decades. Digital Supply Chain Journey article originally published on October 11, 2022. Subscribe Here! Email Address. All Rights Reserved.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Supply Chain Systems article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. This reduces the risk of fraud and theft by enhancing visibility to the freight in the yard, which in turn provides additional integrity into the supply chain. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! It takes a long time for chips to make their way through the entire Supply Chain for all nodes, all companies, and for all consumers. Here at Supply Chain Game Changer we believe that Supply Chain Visibility has never been more important. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 17, 2024

This article explores four transformative use cases for AI in commerce that are already enhancing the customer journey, especially in the e-commerce business and e-commerce platform components of the overall omnichannel experience. But none of these use cases exist in a vacuum.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 21, 2020

As we articulated in our article A Don’t Touch Strategy Will Dramatically Lean Out Your Supply Chain! According to the Lean philosophy any activity that does not transform goods and add value that an end consumer will pay for should be considered waste. What is a Don’t Touch Supply Chain Strategy?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 7, 2021

Digital Supply Chain strategies article and permission to publish here provided by Alejandro Carrera. No matter the niche, the customer today expects both products and services to be delivered real quick and tailored to unique requirements. Blockchain-enabled supply chains have better record-keeping and real-time product tracking.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

A new article in Harvard Business Review has been generating some automation-related controversy in the Supply Chain Community, as well as lots of buzz and interesting conversation. Titled, “ The Death of Supply Chain Management ,” the article discusses the way that automation, AI and big data are transforming the industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. Even the most robust ERP systems seem to lack the visibility that organizations are desperate to acquire, and in real-time. Shipment to customer. “C”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

This article was posted on Oracle’s Supply Chain Management blog. Most supply chain leaders recognize that it’s an incredibly exciting time to be working in the field. At the same time, they must also develop strategies to significantly advance their capabilities in anticipation of overcoming their issues with the basics.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

Multi Echelon Inventory Management requires analysis across the full end-to-end (e2e) supply chain to determine what inventory is needed, where it should be held and in what format; balancing at all times commercial requirements with supply. Getting this information is not always as easy as you might expect.

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EazyStock

JUNE 10, 2022

In this article, we share some of the supply chain and inventory management apps that the EazyStock team comes across regularly and that we believe could help make your life easier! Calculating demand forecasts and replenishment parameters can also be very challenging and time-consuming without software. Delivery truck logbooks.

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Pipefy

MARCH 6, 2023

BPT is also synonymous with digital transformation, which is the growing “appetite for investment and the pursuit of this shift to digital ” at every level of a business and across all end-to-end processes. It takes time and requires a change management plan that prioritizes not only the technology but also the people involved.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. Many which I’ve highlighted over the years in blogs and articles. I think it is time to update the IBP belief sytem to be more reflective of current times, technology & ways of working, and create a modern IBP vision.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 18, 2021

The risk of extended Supply Chain disruption due to impacts to nature is significantly impacted in these industries: chemicals and materials; aviation, travel and tourism; real estate; mining and metals; supply chain and transport; and retail, consumer goods and lifestyle. That’s incredible.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

JANUARY 20, 2023

The problem with traditional invoice processing is that it is time-consuming, prone to errors, and requires a significant amount of manual labor. This not only increases costs but also leads to delays in payment and a lack of visibility into the AP process. This can increase overall invoice processing time and costs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 28, 2020

Instead of waiting for others to realize that now is the time for Procurement professionals to make their value and contribution known. Now is the time for Procurement to SELL! As discussed in our article What is Procurement’s Place in the Value Chain? Now I would never advocate selling something that isn’t real.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. In this article, Niels argues that these technological advances can lead to either (a) planning-process and decision automation or (b) planning and decision augmentation.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Video and data analytics provide visibility into the details of an event within minutes, helping fleets discover new techniques that increase both safety and driver retention.

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Spend Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

This Spend Matters Brand Studio article was written in conjunction with Certa. The technology opens up a wealth of capabilities not previously possible for the procurement practitioner in terms of data availability, end-to-end visibility, cost, time and risk reduction, and ultimately the overall health of the third-party network.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 23, 2019

Instead of waiting for others to realize that now is the time for Procurement professionals to make their value and contribution known. Now is the time for Procurement to SELL! As discussed in our article What is Procurement’s Place in the Value Chain? Now I would never advocate selling something that isn’t real.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

I recently saw the headline for an article which said that Supply Chains are NOT broken, but rather it is just a demand planning issue. Once admired just-in-time systems have faltered badly. As mentioned earlier the article I reference said that Supply Chain were not broken and it is just a planning issue that we are experiencing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This article will examine the top benefits and most typical challenges with procurement automation. Collaborating with the suppliers without any systems would mean wasting time searching through voicemails, printed documents, and email threads to locate the needed information. Real-time data and analytics. Cost Saving.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

As I was looking to augment the content of Supply Chain Game Changer I was aware of the great articles that Argentus published on their blog to advance the profession. Thank you Bronwen for your friendship, your support of Supply Chain Game Changer, and taking the time to share your experiences and expertise with us. Bronwen Hann.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. S&OP is accepted as the end to end operating model to steer the business to its vision.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Digital transformation article and permission to publish here provided by Bryce Boothby. For some time, I’ve been reading, watching and following the white papers, case studies, and countless webinars put on by keen minds about digital transformations. Think ecosystem and true end-to-end visibility. Subscribe Here!

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Procurement Software

MAY 16, 2023

For the sake of this article, we would consider any business above $50 million and below $1 billion in annual revenue to be a mid-market business. Ask yourself when reading other similar articles whether this is also true of them… And now, we give you 11 Procure-to-Pay software solutions for the mid-market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

For the most part, the primary focus of the supplier relationship is ensuring the right materials are available at the right time and location. They may even take over the provisioning of an entire end-to-end solution. Supplier collaboration has always been a function of maintaining a delicate balance between demand and supply.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

There are so many, in fact, that we expanded our article to include 25 of them. What started out as a top 10 article quickly became obvious that we needed to cover more! LavenirAI allows you to train anywhere, any time, so you can stay at the top of your game. Hot diggity dawg! US procurement startups are killing it.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It’s a good time to reflect on recent global events and what this should mean for the future. Despite the cataclysmic disruption caused by the pandemic, inertia will prevent real and sustainable progress from being made. And having the courage to implement these changes will be the real test of leadership.

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