Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

Logistics Complexity and the Strategic Moves Companies Are Making to Reduce It The last mile is typically the costliest and most complicated leg of a supply chain, accounting for, on average, 53% of overall shipping costs. Visibility in the delivery process gives logistics companies more control over their last-mile operations.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

These shifting dynamics bring about unexpected disruptions—like changes in levels of demand—impacting your ability to effectively manage your inventory, satisfy your customer needs, and ultimately your bottom line. You were unaware of this since the supply chain teams only provide this information in quarterly reports.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

It has evolved into the de facto standard for data streaming, as over 80% of Fortune 500 companies use it. All major cloud providers provide managed data streaming services to meet this growing demand. A high (or an increase in) record-error-rate might indicate a loss in data or data not being processed as expected.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 15, 2023

Seamless integration can streamline operations and is the key to improved efficiency. Or maybe you need tech that is specifically built for efficient big & bulky last-mile deliveries. Such features enhance transparency and improve customer satisfaction. It should have in-built analytics and reporting capabilities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 3, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Do you have a Freight Management Strategy or are you Spinning your Wheels? The goal of supply chains is to add value to the manufacturing and distribution processes. All other VAS revenue is deemed transparent and is accounted for as part of call costs or subscription income.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

This misconception surrounding observability arises from the belief that it caters exclusively to site reliabilit y engineers (SREs) and that they are the only role that can utilize the data gathered via observability solutions. But now, IT is much more of a team sport, and the older approaches aren’t always effective or cost-efficient.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 25, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. It aids in the efficient use of resources at various stages of the project. Depending on the project, choose designers, developers, business analysts, product managers, and QA specialists. Aim for Efficient Management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Freight costs and budget adherence are among the most important and often overlooked aspects of transportation management. In most industries, supply chain logistics account for 5% to 50% of a product’s total cost.”. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Think about this.

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Planergy

JANUARY 19, 2024

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficiently by automating purchasing and invoice processing. Read on to learn more about how effective vendor analysis can help you streamline your supply chain management efforts! What's Planergy?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Recent data from the Hackett Group reveals that AP teams that provide self-service capabilities to suppliers can achieve Superhero status by reducing inquiries by 49% and saving 50% on master data management costs. Bad Supplier Relationship Management is the kryptonite for AP . Pay on time. Forget the Cape.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

However, their manual planning and budgeting process in spreadsheets posed several challenges, including lack of control, delayed data, poor execution, and the need for continuous follow-up with IT for actual data. They faced obstacles such as a prolonged budget process, manual forecasting, and no product profitability.

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Solvoyo

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Supply Chain is a core business function tasked to manage multiple business operations such as production, inventory, order fulfillment, and transportation simultaneously. In fact, the supply chain people are expected to be super-heroes. How can they manage all this simultaneously?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2022

This is what a hiring manager would be searching for in terms of professionalism: Logistics and transportation experts that are well versed in both domestic and international legislation and standards. The ability to convey and analyze data in several languages and across cultures is necessary. The layout of the supply chain Resume.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 8, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Here at Supply Chain Game Changer our fundamental mission is to share experiences and expertise for the benefit of all. Supply chain is both deep and broad. I read multiple magazines and supply chain blogs to keep current. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Jaggaer

MAY 12, 2020

Full data transparency. Self-maintained data quality. Supply-Chain and Invoice automation. Conversion (data). This can be as simple as converting paper-based information to digital data that can be stored on a computer or other device. All spend under control. All processes automated. DIGITIZATION.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

With new markets and functionalities appearing almost overnight, product development can’t be a blind process. Depending on the scope and nature of the product, this could be as simple as hiring additional engineers and as complex as implementing new supply chain processes across the organization.

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ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

How do Chief Procurement Officers and their teams leverage digital transformation to take control of their data and better deliver against their strategic objectives? . Johan, can you give us a bit of background on the digital transformation journey at Booz Allen and the role of data? What role did data play on a day-to-day basis?

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 17, 2016

Note: This is the latest in a series of posts that discuss how your companies master data management strategy (MDM) has a direct relationship to your company’s fiscal health. In my last post, I discussed how to bring visibility and reliability to enterprise data. Buyer Supply Chain Planner – all the business functionality.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 9, 2023

IBM today announced it is launching IBM watsonx.data , a data store built on an open lakehouse architecture, to help enterprises easily unify and govern their structured and unstructured data, wherever it resides, for high-performance AI and analytics.

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

25 hottest European procurement startups to watch Before we give you the list, we should briefly touch on what we’ve defined as a “Startup” Less than 50 employees, according to data on LinkedIn. Founded in 2016, the company is led by two experienced procurement and management experts.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 14, 2022

Today I’m joined by Cavallo , a powerhouse software company that is on a mission to drive efficiency in every stage of the distribution process. Founded by experienced distributors and perfected over two decades spent optimizing distribution supply chains, no company is better positioned to guide your growth.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

If your manufacturing processes have become more intricate and challenging to manage manually, an MES can help streamline manufacturing operations management, increase efficiency and reduce errors.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 1, 2023

Any business that wants to excel, or even compete, in the current capricious market must have the ability to make the best, most efficient use of its resources. An operations strategy is a deliberate, company-wide plan that drives the production and distribution of goods and services.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 2, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Production managers are tasked with ensuring that factories and other production lines are getting the most value out of their equipment and systems. It provides insights into how well equipment is utilized and how efficiently it operates in producing goods or delivering services.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Some of these are supported by artificial intelligence, for example to map inbound supplier invoices for automated data entry. Once you have automated a data entry process, there is nothing further to gain from it: it’s a one-off. Once you have automated a data entry process, there is nothing further to gain from it: it’s a one-off.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With the rapid advancements in cloud computing, data management and artificial intelligence (AI) , hybrid cloud plays an integral role in next-generation IT infrastructure. A private cloud setup is usually hosted in an organization’s on-premises data center.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Serverless is one of those technologies that is improving developer efficiency. We also had Chris Shum, Director, Product Management, MongoDB weigh-in with his thoughts on where serverless is going: “We’re seeing a paradigm shift where serverless is becoming a developer’s best friend for building modern applications.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As Anand Rao of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Data & Analytics puts it: “There is symmetry with augmented intelligence.”. This is also around the birth of the so-called Big Data movement, when it became possible to store and analyze infinite amounts of data. An AI learns from human input. AI and Business Decisions.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Accordingly, Suzhou Universal Chain needed to build a unified and modernized business process management platform that facilitated such integration to improve its overall efficiency. This resulted in high communication costs from order to delivery and often made it difficult to meet delivery deadlines.

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