IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

AIOps helps you operationalize this approach by using data-driven cloud spend decisions to safely balance cost and performance. By using software—not people—you can take appropriate actions and give applications the resources they need when they need them.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 26, 2023

In the following sections of this guide, we will provide in-depth analysis, real-world examples, and actionable recommendations to empower healthcare organizations in their journey towards optimizing costs and improving patient care through effective spend analysis. Benefits of Implementing Spend Analysis in Healthcare A.

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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

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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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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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

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. Real-world success stories and case studies illustrating the significant impact of spend analysis on achieving tangible cost savings and procurement optimization.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 25, 2023

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. With AIOps, you have the benefit of observability tools that deliver near real-time data granularity and cardinality for all application stakeholders.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2024

A simple multicloud scenario may involve a company using two different cloud providers to carry out Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) —software applications (e.g., A PaaS approach helps companies reduce the cost, complexity and inflexibility associated with building and maintaining a platform on-premises.

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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

Improved Supplier Management: By analyzing spend data, organizations gain visibility into their supplier relationships and performance. Enhanced Decision-Making: Spend analysis empowers decision-makers with accurate and timely information. Timely and current data is vital for proactive decision-making and effective spend management.

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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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