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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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Government Shutdown Highlights Need for Flexible Transportation Management Software

Supply Chain Collaborator

Although the worst consequences have not yet materialized, here are some potential problems shippers might expect as this debacle continues and ways that transportation management software can help. <> Today’s global economy and the complex supply chains supporting healthy commerce are always at risk of disruption.

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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Sustainable supply chains : Driven by increasing consumer demand for sustainable products and heightened awareness of the environmental impact of producing and shipping goods, more businesses are looking to make their supply chain operations more sustainable. The smart factories that make up Industry 4.0

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How Modern Software Empowers Procurement with Agility and Resilience in Times of Crisis

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The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. Access to this data is especially important when there are supply chain disruptions , such as those caused by the global pandemic. Start by Putting the Right Technology in Place.

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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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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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5 Challenges Facing the VPs of Supply Chain & Manufacturing in 2023

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Unfortunately for supply chain and manufacturing executives, disruption is still the name of the game. Between volatile geopolitical environments, increasing regulations, and shifting consumer demand, economic uncertainty is hitting various areas of the supply chain and manufacturing industries hard.