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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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Mitigating the impact of climate change in insurance and other financial services  

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Supply chain or other business interruptions due to extreme weather might also hit balance sheets in listed companies. When firms are trading energy, for example, they can forecast renewable electricity generation based on predicted solar and wind patterns. In areas vulnerable to flooding, they could add flood defenses and protections.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power. For example, the IBM Sterling Transaction Manager automates manual transactions between businesses and suppliers. They instead focus on continuous improvement.

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CPO Crunch: Think intelligently about artificial intelligence

Procurement Leaders

Or is it more fundamental, such as the potential new business models that might become possible? We have sessions distributed across the two-day agenda that go deep and broad on the subject, from CPO Challenger sessions focused on strategy development to case studies of implementation and various conversations that explore the issue.

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Outside-in planning: a big elephant that needs a bite-size approach

Supply Chain Trend

It has been suggested to include a market, customer, and competitor view in a strategy definition for more than 50 years. It is not new in strategy. The last Zebra video I saw on Youtube was about a forecasting use case and how FVA improved by using more market influencers in the forecast model.

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Financial planning & budgeting: Navigating the Budgeting Paradox

IBM Supply Chain Blog

When the market changes or a new opportunity comes up, businesses need the flexibility to adjust their financial plans quickly. Obsolete data and financial projections A budget, at its core, is a financial forecast. Businesses need a budget that’s both carefully planned and time-flexible enough to be easily changed as needed.

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Turning climate risks into business opportunities 

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Climate change causes extreme weather events across the world that endanger people’s lives and disrupt the businesses on which they depend. Why should businesses act now on climate change? There are likely to be direct expenses, along with missed opportunities and lost business.

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