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The new shape of business travel is here, so why are some still using rigid expense management systems?

Spend Matters

Real-time expense automation is the future. According to Mastercard’s survey, 89% of the travel decision-makers surveyed said dynamic T&E policies are needed to navigate the future of business travel, 88% said dynamic tools for travel spend optimization and 88% say end-to-end tools for travel and expense management.

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Application performance optimization: Elevate performance and reduce costs

IBM Supply Chain Blog

What’s needed is a solution that not only safeguards the performance of your mission-critical applications, but also goes above and beyond through reduced cost, time efficiency and monetary savings. This aspect is crucial for app performance optimization, as it provides real-time insights through high-fidelity data.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

Coming at a time when the pandemic is depressing global consumption of oil thanks to plummeting travel plans and shelter in place orders, it seems counter intuitive that demand to move oil would be at record high volumes. By Furnishing Upstream and Downstream Visibility to More Effectively Coordinate with all Facets of the Supply Chain.

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Sense & Respond

Let's Talk Supply Chain

In 2005 I came across a book, Sense & Respond (The Journey to Customer Purpose) Creating and Leading Sense-And-Respond Organizations. At the article published today they have written “Sense and Respond in Real Time: The Continued Growth and Investment in Control Towers.”.

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It is about time that we leveraged supply chain analytics

Solvoyo

What about real-time data processing, scalability or accuracy? Here are 5 reasons why spreadsheets are not the best alternative as a supply chain planning tool anymore : 1) Lack of end-to-end visibility to the overall supply chain. This gets in the way of having end-to-end visibility to the overall workflow.

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Saving Supply Chain Planners from Chaotic Spreadsheets

Solvoyo

What about real-time data processing, scalability or accuracy? Here are 5 reasons why spreadsheets are not the best alternative as a supply chain planning tool anymore : 1) Lack of end-to-end visibility to the overall supply chain. This gets in the way of having end-to-end visibility to the overall workflow.

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Building a Procurement Function From Scratch

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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.