IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

With a shift of population to new places, particularly from large urban city centers to other suburban areas, retailers may be struggling to position their inventory based on historical data trends. How can a retailer know how much inventory to position and where, when demographics are rapidly changing as a result of the pandemic?

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

The company has implemented sophisticated barcode scanning and point-of-sale systems to collect real-time data from its stores. By employing these technologies, Walmart gains valuable insights into customer buying behavior, sales trends, and inventory levels.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It involves various activities, such as warehousing, inventory management, transportation, and logistics. Effective Distribution Operations require careful planning, coordination, and execution to ensure that products reach their intended destinations in a timely and cost-effectively.

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Spend Matters

MAY 8, 2023

Purchase Order (PO) collaboration for buyers and suppliers to know in real-time the status of POs and Scheduling Agreements (SA), acknowledgements, ASNs, etc. Forecast collaboration on forecasts and demand plans to anticipate shortages or bottlenecks and automate exception management.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

When it comes to managing a supply chain, having access to real-time data can be a game-changer. This means tracking everything from customer relations to inventory management, financial investments, transportation and delivery processes, and workflow processes.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The extended sales period sees increased pressure on companies to get ahead on their demand planning and ensure they have the necessary inventory. Inventory, POS, shipping, web shops, and accounting software must be able to keep up to avoid lost revenue. This creates a need for systems that work in real-time.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The extended Black Week sales period sees increased pressure on companies to get ahead on their demand planning and ensure they have the necessary inventory. Inventory, POS, shipping, web shops, and accounting software must be able to keep up to avoid lost revenue. Tips for inventory planning during Black Friday.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The extended Black Week sales period sees increased pressure on companies to get ahead on their demand planning and ensure they have the necessary inventory. Inventory, POS, shipping, web shops, and accounting software must be able to keep up to avoid lost revenue. Tips for inventory planning during Black Friday.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

In supply chain, simply observing your entire supply chain in action to assess it is not possible, but with data and a reliable performance management system like The Owl, you can at-least have a real-time view of your supply chain performance through KPIs and metrics. Customer Lead Time (Service). Inventory Turnover (Cash).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2022

The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management. An effective and efficient supply chain can help your business improve customer satisfaction and money by minimizing wait times for in-demand products. Use Demand Planning. Reliability. Great suppliers are reliable.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Integrated planning incorporates supply chain planning, demand planning, and demand forecasts so the company can quickly assess the impact on inventory levels, supply chain logistics, production plans, and customer service capacity.

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Finale Inventory

JUNE 29, 2022

Continue reading for more information about shortages and surpluses and how Finale Inventory’s scalable inventory management system can help your business thrive. There are several scenarios that can cause an inventory surplus: 1. Inaccurate Demand Forecasting. Poor Inventory Management. Demand Variability.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 15, 2023

Will my deliveries reach my customers on time? Creating something from the ground up also needs time. Purchasing last-mile technology nearly always guarantees faster deployment times and reduced capital expenditure. Efficient routing can help reduce delivery time, and fuel costs, and improve overall productivity.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 26, 2023

From data-driven decision making to real-time spend visibility, predictive analytics, supplier collaboration, intelligent automation, and data security, we will explore each trend in depth, shedding light on their significance and potential impact on businesses.

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Una

AUGUST 2, 2022

Fully-automated spend categorization will boost visibility, free up time, supercharge advanced analytics, and improve decision-making. Self-service for everyday, tactical purchasing removes the manual burden involved in carrying out stakeholder tasks and creates more time for strategic work. Contract monitoring. Self-service.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Visibility to where goods were was largely limited to updates that came over the phone. When goods arrived at their destination physical bills of lading were used to corroborate the accuracy of shipments. Inventory was moved into, and out of, warehouse shelves using manual recording tools. Conclusion.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MARCH 30, 2023

The Challenges with EDI One of the main challenges that every company faces with EDI is the time and resources it takes to onboard new trading partners. The average time to onboard and go live with a new partner is about 12 weeks and typically involves IT specialists, software developers, and EDI experts.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

The procurement team manages the order, monitors quality, ensures on-time delivery, processes invoices, and handles any issues that arise during fulfillment. Common procurement metrics include spend under management, savings targets, supplier lead time reduction, procurement process efficiency gains, sustainability metrics and more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 23, 2021

But too often the expected deliverables from Supply Chain professionals are established without a real understanding of the totality and breadth of actual tasks that must be performed underneath those high level expectations. With an iceberg it is said that only 10% of it is visible as the rest is under the water.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. Every single organization I have been a part of has been dependent on Excel spreadsheets for order tracking and expediting – and in some cases – even demand planning.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 13, 2023

Sourcing global talent Provides established processes for staff augmentation Visibility, KPIs, training, clear expectations When do customers approach Lean Solutions Group? Onboarding process 4 – 6 weeks onboarding time. Using partners like Symtrain and Textlocate Want to see how staff augmentation works with a real success case?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 6, 2020

E.g., the same data may be inserted multiple time or timestamp of the data does not match with the fulfilment. It will permit a supply chain to respond effectively to increase supply-demand, modal choices and demand volatility. This nature of supply chains may require significant time and effort to make simple changes.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Blog post and permission to publish provided by Milan Vyas.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A best-in-class solution may also offer inventory management features to enable you to auto-replenish orders, as well as workflows with client-defined business rules to enforce payment channel buying strategies. Demand planning capabilities. Efficient warehouse management. Point-of-use data capture. The post ERP vs.

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The Network Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Unfortunately the CPFR design is a limited architecture and basically constitutes a push or ERP batch oriented type environment , where an attempt is made to collect and react to exceptions, but this architecture just isn’t designed to resolve these issues in a timely fashion (e.g. Finally, CPFR systems typically takes retailers 1.5

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 6, 2023

End-to-End Visibility – From shipping analytics and business intelligence (BI) to delivery experience management, Enveyo opens your eyes to shipment program performance from “click to ding-dong.” That way, you know exactly what’s going on within your shipping program at any point in time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 30, 2020

World Class Inventory Turnover Breakthrough Elements! “If we are truly a Supply Chain Services Company, then why is our Inventory Turnover only at 7?”, We needed to be dramatically better at managing Inventory to convince ourselves, and our customers, that we were a trusted and leading Supply Chain Services partner.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Check out World Class Inventory Turnover Breakthrough Elements! “If we are truly a Supply Chain Services Company, then why is our Inventory Turnover only at 7?”, In that meeting I set the target … we needed to reach double digit Inventory turns within the next year. days of Inventory in the company.

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