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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In this age of supply chain disruptions that hold the power to upend entire industries, strength and resilience across the entire value chain is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a survival tactic. They also factor in how a strong partnership could reduce supply chain risk and advance sustainability.

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Budgeting Process: Steps and Best Practices for Planning a Budget

Planergy

We will also look at how spend management software , like Planergy, can help keep track of expenses and control spending within budget limits. Modern Software Reduces Budgeting Time & Effort Many businesses still rely on outdated, manual budgeting methods, such as spreadsheets or pen and paper.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. Analysis of case study is certainly one of the most popular methods for people from business management background. Supply Chain of fashion industry involves a time based competition.

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Supply Chain and Digital Innovation in the Wake of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! The pandemic had created a global emergency where the companies associated with the supply chain have abruptly moved into the limelight. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Experiences, Trends and the Future!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? The company is exploring whether or not to outsource IT, Accounting/Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Software and Hardware Development, because they have been in the red at more than $100 million. Landgraf, CEO at Above the Standard ( [link] ).

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Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration: A Comprehensive Guide

Planergy

Vertical Integration: By taking control of different stages of the production or distribution process, businesses can gain supply chain control, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and differentiate their products and services. What is Horizontal Integration?

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The Changing role of Procurement, Traceability-as-a-Service, Sustainability and Blockchain's use case with Douglas Johnson-Poensgen

World of Procurement podcast

We covered a lot of ground in this 25-minute podcast and this podcast is going to be exceptionally beneficial to you if you are currently looking at your supply chain and wondering how can we improve visibility, how can we reach our sustainability goals using our supply chains and how do we know what is in this product?