IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It includes everything from product development and strategic decision-making to information systems and new technologies. Why supply chain management matters Supply chain management involves coordinating and managing all the activities involved in sourcing , procurement, conversion and logistics.

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The Good Spending

AUGUST 16, 2022

Other peers around the company overlap with us in their functions - Technology tends to manage suppliers , Finance owns the demand planning and budgeting, and Sales and Marketing monopolize the end-customer value chain. At least 75% of the product cost is committed during the design and planning activities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

SCM encompasses the integrated planning and execution of processes required to optimize the flow of materials, information and financial capital in the areas that broadly include demand planning, sourcing, production, inventory management and storage, transportation — or logistics — and return for excess or defective products.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

For example, when one retailer collaborated with a manufacturer on a co-branded product line, the manufacturer agreed to absorb the upfront product-development costs in return for an expanded share of the retailer’s product offerings across a wider set of categories. Invest in the Right Infrastructure and People.

Collaboration 66

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 4, 2016

They have supply chain based S&OP, or no financial involvement in S&OP, or S&OP without new product development, or a short-term planning process, or it’s not related to strategy. Only then work back into the supporting steps e.g. supply planning, demand planning and product and portfolio planning.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Operational IBP decisions (4-12 months ahead) are less frequent and time urgent than in the S&OE horizon, but still have low impact/value and apply at a detailed level so that planning and decision making can be automated as well. IBP Segmentation by Planning Horizon, Automation.

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