IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

They need strong SCM practices to help work out the logistics of transporting goods across long distances and through multiple countries without creating longer lead times or delays. Advanced software tools can automate some parts of forecasting, providing real-time updates and alerts when inventory levels are too high or low.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 30, 2023

The Challenges with EDI One of the main challenges that every company faces with EDI is the time and resources it takes to onboard new trading partners. The average time to onboard and go live with a new partner is about 12 weeks and typically involves IT specialists, software developers, and EDI experts.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Procurement departments tend to be less visible to many stakeholders than sales, operations or even finance departments, but the impact they have on everything from the bottom line to product quality and service delivery shouldn’t be overlooked, which is why “procurement excellence” is a worthy pursuit.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2022

Strategies to improve your Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management. In other words, it provides you with a real competitive advantage against some companies in your industry.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

They offer app developers on-demand scalability and faster time-to-benefit for new features and software updates. Broadly speaking, application analytics refers to the process of collecting application data and performing real-time analysis of SaaS, mobile, desktop and web application performance and usage data.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

Digital Transformation Matures : Advanced technologies such as AI , machine learning , and automation enabled procurement to provide predictive insights , scenario planning , and real-time decision-making. This change reflects broader trends in business strategy, global market dynamics, and technological advancements.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

To be successful, businesses need to have clear, real-time visibility into the condition of their assets and a plan to keep them running smoothly and make repairs quickly when things break. This is why asset reliability is such a critical component of business strategy. What is an asset?

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Planergy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Using financial tools can help save time and resources while improving accuracy in the budgeting process.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 14, 2025

Its adoption reshapes business strategies, optimizes processes, and creates new opportunities for companies and employees. How Does Artificial Intelligence Impact Business Strategies? The impact of artificial intelligence is redefining business strategies across all industries.

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Jaggaer

MAY 14, 2019

T he success of a S2P software implementation project relies greatly on the business case it follows. A good business case should take into consideration the value the S2P solution could create, the project timeline, the overall business strategy and it should be based on solid data. . . The procurement strategy .

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

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. Implementing an integrated business planning approach also requires a strong technological foundation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

Procurement and Sustainability are two disciplines and business functions that exist in a perfectly harmonious contradiction. Chief Procurement Officers’ priorities seem to be changing with the times in order to further implement initiatives necessary to meet broader organizational goals. out of 10, on average — an increase from 6.2

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

For example, BPM is smaller in scale than business process reengineering (BPR), which radically overhauls or replaces processes. Conversely, it has a larger scope than task management, which deals with individual tasks, and project management, which handles one-time initiatives. This ensures consistency and reduces inefficiency.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

A warehouse management system is a software solution that provides transparency and visibility to the entire warehouse operations. WMS is efficient enough to manage Inventories, order fulfillment, and inbound-outbound deliveries of any single warehouse or multi-location warehouse cluster.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Inability to execute good Business Strategies. Flawed or outdated Technology and Equipment that limits visibility. Inefficient Logistics and Business Metrics. Social Responsibility is a major dimension of their business strategy. Flawed Processes. Inability to attract and retain top tier Talent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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. You would measure lead time in days or even weeks.

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The Network Effect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The technique later evolved into the Six Sigma business strategy driven through innovations by Motorola and General Electric. In today’s advanced demand-driven value networks, the data driving our measurement system is being generated in real time by both planning processes and the resulting operating transactions.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The best application of CPFR I’ve encountered was in 2005, when working for a meat manufacturer that received point-of-sale (POS) data four times a day (10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm) from over 600 stores from the largest retailer in the Netherlands. It is a great way to use data and create supply[1]chain visibility.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

Although logistics represents a whole system of space/time interdependencies, we believe that the discussion of its history and its chronological evolution still requires extensive studies to explore its origin and its advance in time, from a new point of view. This was reflected in the two major organizations of the time.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 30, 2024

Running a successful bar requires careful management of your inventory. A well-organized system saves time and money, ensuring your customers always have access to their favorite drinks. That’s where Finale Inventory comes in—a powerful tool designed for effective bar inventory management.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Learn more about how customer services contributes to the ROI of Real-Time Transportation Visibility. In the consumer space, it’s often a perfectly viable business strategy to sell a product or service that your customers never even thought they might want until you presented it to them.

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World of Procurement blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Businesses leverage procurement technology for: Automating Manual Processes: From issuing purchase orders to processing invoices, automation reduces errors and saves time. Spend Visibility: Advanced analytics offer deeper insights into spending patterns, helping companies make informed choices.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In this way, automation becomes essential for businesses to quickly adapt to dynamic scenarios, remain competitive, and meet market demands. The influence of AI and automation on strategies Process automation with AI plays a crucial role in redefining business strategies.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

To successfully align your data and analytics strategy with your business strategy, you need the right data architecture in place. A recent IBV Chief Data Officer study revealed that 63% the top the CDOs surveyed are aligned with the business strategy in compared to 48% of other surveyed CDOs.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 30, 2024

Improvements to existing procurement processes, procedures, and operations are as time-sensitive as ever. In the 2024 State of Procurement Data Report by Amazon Business, 95% of decision-makers surveyed acknowledge that there’s room for procurement optimization.

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Pipefy

APRIL 4, 2023

Reducing waste often involves eliminating process bottlenecks, allowing organizations to shorten their product lead time, product cycle time and time-to-market. Enhances visibility Standardizing processes is a key requirement for reducing the risk of human error. Does it integrate with the software you have?

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Pipefy

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

This process grants transparency and visibility into purchase orders and approvals to a sometimes surprising degree. Businesses, therefore, should select the product that best aligns with their procurement requirements and business strategy. The features of these solutions can vary widely.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Becoming a real-time enterprise Businesses often go on a journey that traverses several stages of maturity when they establish an EDA. Teams want more visibility and access to events so they can reuse and innovate on the work of others. Reuse of course can bring its own challenges. How will access be controlled?

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The Network Effect

APRIL 29, 2016

Due to today’s dynamic business environments, a short-sighted design process will often be dated by start-up and go-live. By placing strategy before structure, better alignment of operations and business strategies will be achieved. Letting implementation Schedule Dictate the Design. Short-Cutting Dock Requirements.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

No matter how much they differ, efficient and friction-free workflows typically share the following traits: they provide visibility, employees are aligned on changes and requirements, fosters accountability, and creates a positive business impact. Visibility Each step in a workflow should be visible.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Real-time Visibility. We’re moving towards a supply chain which is fully transparent and trackable in real-time. From the millions of data points and variables in any supply chain should come the knowledge required to determine business strategies and to support decision-making processes.

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Pipefy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This gives teams more visibility and control by providing a central hub for all purchases, payments, and other information. Better visibility improves alignment between buyers, legal teams, and accounts payable. In this scenario, the procurement team may have difficulty acting decisively and informing overall business strategy.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 1, 2023

Today, however, success requires a detailed review and breakdown of each process a business carries out to make and deliver its goods and services (also known as operations). This operations overview, or process visibility , can reveal common areas of waste and bottlenecks that cost companies millions in time and revenue each year.

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Barkers Procurement

JULY 21, 2024

Step 1: Define Clear ESG Objectives and Strategy Before integrating ESG practices into your supply chain, it is crucial to define what ESG means for your business. This involves setting clear, achievable objectives aligned with your overall business strategy.

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Pipefy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

From reducing waste and containing costs to mitigating risks such as procurement fraud and inflated expenses, procurement’s insights and expertise can help businesses navigate some of their most pressing challenges. These are the real outcomes and value that procurement’s strategic involvement and influence offers. Profitability.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Read the report Low-Code Automation: Good for Business, Great for IT Download now. No business strategy is complete without user experience. UX impacts a wide range of KPIs including customer satisfaction, employee engagement, turnover rate, and response times, among others. Low-code helps deliver better UX.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 13, 2023

Sourcing global talent Provides established processes for staff augmentation Visibility, KPIs, training, clear expectations When do customers approach Lean Solutions Group? Onboarding process 4 – 6 weeks onboarding time. Using partners like Symtrain and Textlocate Want to see how staff augmentation works with a real success case?

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