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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Supply chain disruptions are caused by a variety of factors, from pandemics, natural disasters and political instability to supplier bankruptcy and IT failures. To mitigate these risks , companies need the resources and technology to develop robust contingency plans.

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Inventory Management — Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Sustainable Procurement Course Maintain profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. Strategies may include negotiating shorter lead times with suppliers or finding alternative suppliers with quicker delivery times. Negotiation Course for Procurement Learn from industry experts who negotiated billion $ deals 2.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

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SCaaS is a technology-driven approach to managing supply chains, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions for businesses. SCaaS providers typically use advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain to improve visibility, traceability, and collaboration across the supply chain.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

The list is presented in the order the responses were received in: 1) Andreas Wieland , Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Successful supply chain management means that organizations are well-orchestrated in an end-to-end value network. delivery reliability”), but is that really “supply chain thinking”?

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP requires cross functional alignment to eliminate silos, to achieve accountability for delivering strategic, financial and operational outcomes, and to enable scenario planning that provides forward visibility into the consequences and risks of decisions (Sorensen, 2020). IBP ENVIRONMENT. The human role in the future of work.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supplier chain collaboration itself isn’t new. With pricing under pressure from recession-scarred consumers, the temptation for retailers is to transfer the pain upstream to their suppliers by passing on price reductions and forcing them to bear an increasing share of costs. Without the apps, the iPhone is just another ordinary phone!