IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. It requires the building of trust and the development of shared goals.

Collaboration 173

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

The Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) market has experienced significant growth in recent years, with even greater potential ahead. SCaaS is a technology-driven approach to managing supply chains, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions for businesses. Let’s delve into this emerging concept.

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The Good Spending

APRIL 2, 2023

We must operate the inventory management plan to estimate the inventories at the beginning of the new budget period. You can easily download inventory reports when planning, but that would happen around Q3, while you need to forecast Q1 next year. Demand planning and consolidation 4. Each chunk of demand (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 31, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – The Suez Crisis! With such a large number of births you would expect that there would be a steady, well established industry supporting the supply of all needs for new mothers, babies and their families. There are over 3.5

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

If you’re in the business world, you’re probably always looking for ways to streamline your supply chain operations. Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! But like any new technology, there are hurdles to overcome when implementing supply chain analytics. Key Takeaways What is Supply Chain Analytics?

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Historically, if you asked sourcing leaders to name the one competency they felt they needed their procurement and sourcing teams to master in order to achieve ongoing sourcing and supplier management success, most would likely have said negotiation skills. It requires the building of trust and the development of shared goals.

Collaboration 100

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2023

Zarrin Lilani on How Women Lead in Supply Chain At Let’s Talk Supply Chain, we’re passionate about closing the gender gap to expand innovation through diversity. And while the tech industry job market is still anything but stable, supply chain leaders are still dealing with ongoing talent and resource shortage challenges.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog, explore vital tips paving the way for a prosperous career in supply chain management. Whether you’re a recent graduate or contemplating a career change, uncover key insights for establishing the groundwork of a thriving career in the dynamic world of supply chain. Lucky for you.

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Arkestro

APRIL 23, 2024

Tracing the source of data quality issues can create immense cost savings by pointing to the features of a given dataset that need more attention. These analyses tie the source of truth back to the quoted cost components, allowing procurement professionals to quickly spot correlations between high costs and longer cycle times.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 28, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Defining the New Normal in Supply Chain! The unprecedented disruption in these Supply Chains and the economy, along with panic buying (eg. toilet paper ) and extraordinary demand for PPE (Personal Protect Equipment) has brought the subject of a Parallel Supply Chain to the forefront.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain KPIs article and permission to publish here provided by Harkirat Ahluwalia. Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. On the Argentus Blog, we’re always looking to shine the light on various aspects of the talent picture within the Supply Chain Management field – whether it’s hiring trends , intelligence about important skills, or the industry’s response to emerging issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Good Spending

AUGUST 16, 2022

Why is supply chain collaboration essential? Once, I was asked what makes the supply chain important to a company. 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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? When I started my career the term “Supply Chain” had just been coined. Now as I look back on my career virtually everything I did falls under the banner of Supply Chain management. What Makes Supply Chain Special?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

When I began my career there was no such thing as “Supply Chain Management” Supply Chain was not a title to be found anywhere on any organization chart. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? Interestingly there are many views on how to define Supply Chain.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. Going forwards, customer-of-choice behaviors like sharing demand plans, collaborating on cost savings and jointly developing intellectual property are deepening their roots.”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 23, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Is Your Supply Chain A Cost Centre or a Value Creator? Supply Chain responsibilities are vast in any organization. This can be analogous to the work done in Supply Chain. So let’s explore the Supply Chain Workload iceberg! GET our EBOOK HERE.

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ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

Let’s examine three ways that better collaboration with supply partners creates value for a manufacturer from product design through demand planning. If you work in strategic sourcing and supplier management, supplier collaboration enables you to achieve (or beat!) Innovating.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 31, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Brand Protection – The Definitive Role of the Supply Chain! A while ago, we blogged about how more Startups are looking to Supply Chain Management to boost their productivity as they scale. But trust us, if you don’t have Supply Chain experience, you can’t. Subscribe Here!

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Una

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Eliminating waste; for example by reducing lengthy sourcing times. Some of the benefits of leveraging lean procurement include: Reduce time-to-source. Lean sourcing methodologies can compress months-long RFP processes into less than a week by replacing complex RFP processes with one-day design-style workshops. . Get in Touch.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 6, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Inventory Forecasting — Everything You Should Know Inventory forecasting allows you to predict when supply chains and consumer demand are going to change. Demand forecasters need to be prepared.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations. The answer is NO.

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Una

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to 2022 research from the Sourcing Industry Group (SIG ), 94% of surveyed enterprises have not modernized their operating models for purchasing B2B services, and only 6% of enterprises have “fully embraced” digital transformation in the way they buy services. This number is expected to swell to over 25 billion connected devices by 2030.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 18, 2019

If you operate in the supply chain or the planning world, it is hard to not come across terminology like supply chain planning 4.0, ‘light touch’ planning or ‘lights out’ planning. Wave 1 – Enterprise Resource Planning. Wave 2 – Advanced Planning Systems. Wave 2 shortcomings.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 6, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! This Digital Twinning of Supply Chains article focuses on transformative ideation of transport & logistics value chains. The physical supply chain is not easily changeable. Subscribe Here!

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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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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. Going forwards, customer-of-choice behaviors like sharing demand plans, collaborating on cost savings and jointly developing intellectual property are deepening their roots.”.

Leadership 100

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

I see procurement very much as being a facilitator of relationships between internal businesses and business partners and the market so that we can actualise savings, improve demand planning and help our customers become more informed so that they understand their options and make better decisions.

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ivalua

AUGUST 18, 2015

Let’s examine three ways that better collaboration with supply partners creates value for a manufacturer from product design through demand planning. If you work in strategic sourcing and supplier management, supplier collaboration enables you to achieve (or beat!) Innovating.

Collaboration 100

Collaboration Suppliers Bill of materials Supply Chain Efficiency 100

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the global world of businesses, companies often seek help from sourcing agencies to figure out how to get the things they need. But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s explore this world of sourcing agencies and understand what they do.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In this episode, we're going to extend that a little bit and talk about supply chain. Democratising Supply Chain Training - Dr. Muddassir Ahmed from SCM Dojo . Today's guest is a big personality in the supply chain space: Dr. Muddassir Ahmed, CEO of SCM Dojo. . So he's hardcore supply chain guy, through and through.

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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. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Arkestro

JANUARY 4, 2023

Among them were supply chain disruptions , inflation, and supply scarcity and shortages. Ensuring continuity of supply. The talent shortage in procurement and supply chain is nothing new: it’s been going on for several years now. The Supply Chain Will Continue to Heal. Reducing supplier risk. Reducing spend.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Difficulties forecasting demand in a high-volume repair environment caused inventory costs to skyrocket. Inadequate planning and execution resulted in excess and obsolete inventory and poor utilization of warehouse space. ModusLink immediately tackled the forecasting and demand challenges. Reduced obsolescence by 75 percent.

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Supply Chain Trend

JANUARY 22, 2023

This means that a demand planner can make a decision, by analyzing significantly different forecast algorithms and different internal and external data sources. Once this new forecast algorithm & data runs periodically as an input to the demand plan, it becomes an operational procedure and stops being a decision.

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

I see procurement very much as being a facilitator of relationships between internal businesses and business partners and the market so that we can actualise savings, improve demand planning and help our customers become more informed so that they understand their options and make better decisions.

Sustainability 130

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