IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Supply chain processes include procurement from source to pay, together with inbound logistics, production, quality control, outbound logistics and post-sales service. Direct material management oversees the sourcing, procurement, storage, and flow of raw materials, components, and subassemblies.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 12, 2024

Altana is the world’s first Value Chain Management System – a unified, comprehensive approach that goes far beyond supply chain risk management, with unprecedented visibility, contextualized netrt across business areas, and a collaborative network with end-to-end workflows to get jobs done. 52.14] The future for Altana. “An

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

While it may not seem as strategic or high-profile as long-term sourcing deals, operational procurement is essential. Increased sustainability and ethical sourcing Modern businesses are increasingly aware of their environmental and social impact, and operational procurement management is at the forefront of this change.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Why supply chain management matters Supply chain management involves coordinating and managing all the activities involved in sourcing , procurement, conversion and logistics. A supply chain control tower can connect many sources of data-driven information and improve end-to-end visibility.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 21, 2025

Ecosystem Orchestration: Agents align procurement with finance, logistics, and suppliers, ensuring end-to-end process coherence. Difficulty Engaging Stakeholders Human-AI Collaboration: Procurement teams override AI decisions for ethical or strategic exceptions (e.g., SAP Joule), enabling incremental digital transformation.

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TYA Suite

MAY 23, 2025

Stronger risk management and supply chain resilience Effective collaboration provides greater visibility into potential risks, such as raw material shortages or market disruptions. This may involve sharing best practices for reducing waste, sourcing materials responsibly, and improving energy efficiency.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2024

These technologies can examine huge portions of data from multiple sources, and recognize patterns and tendencies that would be impossible for humans to discern. The amplified visibility lets companies verify the authenticity and provenance of products, reduces the risk of counterfeiting, and helps ensure regulatory compliance.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 22, 2025

The preliminary run uses the RAM 4-Model Assessment tool to access the Procurement Insights proprietary archives and many cross-reference sources using my AI for AI platform. Integrations and Ecosystem 130+ Integrations: Seamlessly connects with major enterprise systems, data brokers, and compliance databases for a unified source of truth.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2023

Making this hard dichotomy shift isn’t just about good business ethics either. The record talent shortage has been a source of frequent delays and price jumps in recent years. I was presenting the results to Senior leadership when I realized I understood so much about the end-to-end business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 12, 2022

By whatever means necessary (always ethical and legal of course) Supply Chain must get goods flowing again as quickly as possible. air cargo) Establish Executive level relationships and networks with your suppliers to be leveraged in times of need Enable end to end electronic connectivity enabling real time visibility and decision making (ie.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When your sourcing team chooses what to buy and who to buy from, are you selecting vendors who share the same social values as your brand? Supply chain sustainability is defined as embedding environmental, social or corporate governance considerations as raw materials are sourced, converted to products and delivered to market.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It can nurture collaborative partnerships with suppliers and integrate ethical and environmental (green purchasing) considerations into the sourcing strategy. A balance of talent, technology, compliance, ethics and sustainability is needed to align procurement activities with corporate objectives. Be flexible.

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Finale Inventory

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Defining Supply Chain Traceability In straightforward terms, supply chain traceability means having full visibility and transparency across the entire supply chain. It allows businesses to understand where their products come from, how they are made, and how they reach the end consumer.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Its an integrated, end-to-end process that unifies procurement and finance, helping organizations streamline purchasing, minimize delays, and ensure timely payments. By standardizing procurement activities, organizations gain visibility over spending, strengthen supplier relationships, and optimize cash flow management.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

The concept of “connected logistics” covers the relevant end-to-end processes of warehouse management, transportation management, track & trace and the entire logistics network. Thus, increased real-time visibility into shipments leads to more efficient throughput of goods and reduced logistics lead times.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 10, 2024

This supports strategic sourcing efforts. This maximizes value from sourcing partnerships. Spend Analysis and Classification with AI AI and machine learning are transforming spend analysis and classification, providing procurement teams with unprecedented visibility into organizational spending.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Sustainability SCM plays a key role in corporate sustainability initiatives by reducing carbon emissions in transportation and promoting ethical sourcing. Source Sourcing involves identifying suppliers and negotiating pricing, lead times, quality, and other terms. Proactive risk management prevents major losses.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

When data strategy and business strategy are aligned you can use data investments to pursue new sources of value, and fuel innovation within your organizations in alignment with the organization’s strategic goals. Learn more by exploring the “Data governance for data leaders” ebook.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Attijariwafa Bank has successfully implemented a source-to-contract solution with the JAGGAER ONE platform. Taghrichte reported that JAGGAER had enabled it to maintain continuity of service throughout the pandemic while efficiently sourcing protective equipment for its staff at short notice.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This end-to-end workflow , typically managed by procurement and finance teams, ensures compliance, efficiency, and transparency across transactions. Supplier information stored in different systems rarely aligns, creating a lack of visibility across suppliers and spending that hinders strategic decision-making.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 10, 2023

In contrast, process intelligence automatically and continuously acquires data at scale, resulting in clear visibility into an organization’s journey towards improving its processes. Data collection and integration Process intelligence collects data from various sources, including company databases and other IT systems.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

With Procurement behind the drive for sustainable/ethical supply of goods and services to efficiently and effectively support the operations of the organisation. Addressing ethical business and supply chain practices. The point is, that in every sourcing decision there are a number of relevant factors, of which price is just one.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

We’ve built a peerless network in the areas of Procurement, Logistics, Change Management, Strategic Sourcing, Planning, and other functional areas in Supply Chain. The rise of digital has a big part to play in that, with end-to-end visibility, S&OP, network planning, and AI and Blockchain will change it even more.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 25, 2023

Procurement, in its simplest form, is the process by which businesses acquire the goods, services, or works they need from external sources. They must also ensure ethical and sustainable procurement practices, as consumers increasingly demand transparency and social responsibility from businesses.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Recent projects include the digital transformation of a worldwide service and repair parts program; enabling an OEM’s end-to-end supply chain visibility of outsourced manufacturers, assemblers, distribution hubs and 3PL’s; and forming a B2B business development capability for a successful B2C eCommerce company.

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Claritum

AUGUST 4, 2020

Procurement behind the drive for sustainable/ethical supply of goods and services to efficiently and effectively support the operations of the. larger percentage of their staff allocated to sourcing, supply base. Addressing ethical business and supply chain practices. Extent of control / visibility. organisation.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As the expert of a specific category of products, the in-depth knowledge of the Retail Category Manager will drive the pricing, shelving, marketing and promotions of the category’s products to make them as visible, accessible, and appealing to customers as possible. sourcing at competitive prices all goods and services.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. For example a monthly triggered risk analysis (set of simulations) from your e2e supply chain. There need to be controls for machine ethics and bias in automation and augmentation.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Collaborative efforts between stakeholders, enhanced visibility through digital technologies, and strategic inventory management are pivotal in mitigating the impact of supply chain disruptions and ensuring the continued flow of goods to meet consumer demand.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Leading companies will invest in AI, ML and intelligent workflows to deliver end-to-end forecasting capabilities that utilize real-time feeds from multiple data sources, leveraging hundreds of AI and ML models, to deliver more granular and accurate forecasts and customer insights.

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