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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

It involves identifying needs, sourcing potential vendors, obtaining quotes and proposals, negotiating contracts, selecting suppliers, managing relationships, and meeting obligations. Sourcing : Procurement uses competitive bidding, e-sourcing, and supplier development. What is Procurement?

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Supply Chain Analytics: Benefits, Challenges & Architecture

SCMDOJO

When it comes to managing a supply chain, having access to real-time data can be a game-changer. By having a bird’s eye view of the entire process, companies can quickly adapt to sudden changes in demand and find new ways to optimize their operations. This can lead to significant cost savings and improved profit margins.

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What is Integrated Business Planning (IBP)?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

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. Here are some essential strategic steps to consider: 1.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supplier collaboration has always been a function of maintaining a delicate balance between demand and supply. For the most part, the primary focus of the supplier relationship is ensuring the right materials are available at the right time and location. Some collaborations promise equal benefits for both parties.

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Democratising Supply Chain Training – Dr. Muddassir Ahmed from SCM Dojo

The Procuretech Podcast

Dr. Muddassir Ahmed's background – From corporate to SCM thought leadership. FinTech content at the time was a lot more attractive: Punchy articles, simple “How To.” This takes consultation and a lot of time. And that's just too long, we need to get that time down – possibly on the software development side of things.

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Supply Chains Are Broken. Denial Will Kill Your Company!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I recently saw the headline for an article which said that Supply Chains are NOT broken, but rather it is just a demand planning issue. Once admired just-in-time systems have faltered badly. One of the fundamental problems which has contributed to the current breakdowns is the sheer lack of visibility.

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G2 Summer Reports name IBM a Leader

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Insights from client feedback “Turbonomic provides real-time monitoring of your entire infrastructure, including applications, virtual machines, containers, storage and network infrastructure. We apply a unique algorithm to this data to calculate the customer Satisfaction and Market Presence scores in real-time.