Spend Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Throughout the year our analyst team provides vendor-specific profiles and tech solution analyses as part of Spend Matters Insider content. Gatekeeper combines contract lifecycle management with third-party risk management, two areas that are related but usually addressed with disparate software tools.

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e2e Procurement supply chain software solutions Contract 77

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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supply chain software solutions Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization 81

IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In modern software and system management, observability goes beyond focusing on just one part of the stack. Technologies like distributed tracing and service mesh enable end-to-end visibility, allowing teams to understand request flows, identify latency bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues across different service boundaries.

Real-time Visibility 76

Real-time Visibility e2e Data Influencing 76

IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Fact: Automation plays a crucial role in observability (and in any modern IT organization) High-performing IT departments tend to release software more frequently, and trying to keep up manually is neither sustainable nor scalable. “The reason we were able to do that is we had better visibility into our problems.”

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Real-time Visibility e2e Data Sustainability 70

IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

An observability solution offers valuable insights to multiple stakeholders engaged in software development and operations, with benefits that extend to developers, operations teams, product managers and even business stakeholders. By monitoring application logs, developers can identify and fix errors or exceptions in their code.

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Real-time Visibility Import e2e Product management 59

Finale Inventory

JUNE 29, 2022

Sometimes, a supplier can cause issues in your workflow that end with you having an inventory surplus. It could be because the supplier is unreliable or they ran into an issue out of their control with the supplies they need. Finale Inventory Management Software. Effects of a Surplus. How to Prevent a Surplus. Planning Ahead.

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Inventory supply chain software solutions Demand Price 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Whatever the case, large organizations can benefit from enterprise asset management (EAM) software to manage all the physical stuff the company owns. EAM software provides a consolidated view of the company’s assets, with useful information about how they’re performing.

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supply chain software solutions Real-time Visibility Management Supply Chain Optimization 52