IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

There are many reasons why organizations have embraced cloud services, including improved efficiencies, cost savings, scalability, flexibility and quicker time-to-market. It isn’t always easy to move from on-premises to the cloud, and it doesn’t always reduce costs initially.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods, services, information and finances as they move from raw materials to final product, from manufacturer to consumer. It eliminates waste and enables companies to manufacture products at lower costs.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Automation is often centered on efforts to optimize spend, achieve greater operational efficiency and incorporate new and innovative technologies, which often translate into a better customer experience. AIOps helps you operationalize this approach by using data-driven cloud spend decisions to safely balance cost and performance.

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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. Purchase orders. Invoice approvals. Contract and compliance management.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Whatever the case, large organizations can benefit from enterprise asset management (EAM) software to manage all the physical stuff the company owns. EAMs optimize the quality and utilization of physical assets throughout their lifecycle, increase productive uptime and reduce operational costs.

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Procurement Templates

JUNE 18, 2023

ChatGPT Inflation refers to the general increase in prices of goods and services in an economy over time, resulting in a decrease in the purchasing power of money. Inflation occurs when there is an imbalance between the supply and demand of money and goods. What is inflation?

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

Paths beyond VMware The impact of acquisition : A 2023 Forrester study (link resides outside ibm.com) predicts that 20% of VMware clients will move away from VMware stack due concerns around price increases, limited customer support and a mandatory requirement for subscription to software bundles —all of which are a result of the acquisition.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Or they could migrate all of their data to one cloud provider and find out that there were long stretches of time where they were only using a fraction of their cloud footprint, yet were paying for the entire thing. Or they could license expensive project management software, only to find a fraction of employees were using it.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

It provides invaluable insights into spending patterns, supplier performance, and opportunities for cost optimization. Delving into the intricate process of spend analysis, including data collection, cleansing, and analysis techniques, along with the role of technology in enhancing efficiency.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 25, 2023

You’re responsible for optimizing spend, operational efficiency and incorporating new and innovative technologies. And every second counts—a recent IDC survey found that a single hour of downtime costs an average of USD 250K or more when a revenue-generating production service is impacted. as a result.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Before cloud computing, organizations had no other option but to store data and run their software applications within a traditional IT infrastructure setting—a form of centralized computing comprised of on-premises data centers , servers, networking hardware and enterprise software applications.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 12, 2023

S3 Intelligent-Tiering: Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically moves data between frequent-access (FA) and infrequent-access (IA) tiers for cost optimization, making it ideal for data with unknown or changing access patterns. However, it is also the most expensive storage class per GB stored. 99.99% 99.99% Availability SLA 99.9%

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

AWS, Google Cloud Services, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure) makes computing resources—like ready-to-use software applications, virtual machines (VMs) , enterprise-grade infrastructures and development platforms—available to users over the public internet. For instance, some public cloud providers charge extra for data egress (e.g.,

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 27, 2023

It provides a comprehensive view of an organization’s purchasing activities, enabling better control over expenditures, improved supplier management, and increased operational efficiency. Together, let’s uncover the power of data-driven decision-making and pave the way for a more efficient and successful procurement journey.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is achieved through application monitoring, and the use of application monitoring software. Understanding how each type works and the purpose served is the first step to identifying the software solution and strategy that best meets your organization’s needs.

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