Spend Matters

APRIL 15, 2025

It is not only reducing spending on spare parts and improving inventory management, it is helping manufacturers create digital twins of their machinery to anticipate breakdowns before they happen. One of the biggest challenges in this sector is maintaining end-to-end visibility in the supply chain, and AI is proving to be a game-changer.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Opportunities for Procurement Technology As we look toward 2025, European businesses are reshaping their supply chains to navigate an increasingly complex global landscape. A recent report by Maersk and Reuters Events highlights that 68% of companies are making supply chain visibility and monitoring solutions a top priority.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Visibility. However, maintenance inventory optimization is only part of the solution. Visibility into other key inventory (e.g., Electric power companies are draining inventories as they continue to upgrade equipment, while replacements are often delayed. Department of Energy estimates that outages cost the U.S.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

Evaluating mitigation options , including: Advanced purchasing or inventory building to front-run tariffs. This kind of end-to-end tariff strategy demands visibility, coordination and scenario planning, which are capabilities that traditional procurement tools often lack. Contract rebalancing to shift tariff liability.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives? In this age of exponential growth in digital connectivity the time has come to ensure you have End to End Supply Chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 13, 2020

Since we’ve been discussing recently how invaluable end-to-end supply chain visibility is to managing disruption , here are a few more – quite achievable – scenarios when leveraging the software: Reduce inventory liability. With a contribution margin of 10.4%, the EBIAT impact will be a positive $3.1

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Pairing a dedicated Source-to-Pay (S2P) solution with ERP strengthens procurement by enhancing visibility into supplier performance, automating workflows, and enabling smarter decision-making. Making the most of an ERP system in manufacturing means understanding how it ties into production, inventory management, and supplier coordination.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 14, 2020

So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives? In this age of exponential growth in digital connectivity the time has come to ensure you have End to End Supply Chain visibility.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

The good news is, it’s possible to alleviate these perilous pain points by building healthcare supply chain resilience. Supply expenses escalate due to over-ordering, waste and emergency orders. Healthcare procedures can be delayed because of a lack of supplies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

WES functions include supply chain controls to improve performance, including light task management, wave management, limited inventory management, and some picking. The yard management system (YMS) is a useful tool for managing trailers, drivers, and stored inventory in the yard. Yard Management System.

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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. It involves sharing real-time data, such as inventory levels, production schedules, and demand forecasts, to streamline processes.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Supply Chain function within your company has many responsibilities. From planning to negotiating to buying, from moving goods to processing goods, and from managing data to managing inventory. Yet often the Supply Chain is undervalued. End to End Supply Chain Visibility and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Many companies that have been most successful in navigating these disruptions have radically shifted their supply chain focus from efficiency (think just-in-time manufacturing and inventory strategies) to resiliency – by broadening supplier bases, and adjusting inventory levels to avoid stock-outs if supply is disrupted.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 2, 2020

However, bringing forward these customizations to new ERP releases is costly and complex, the system of record typically remains at a down-level version, lacking new feature sets and support, and ultimately limiting visibility, speed, and flexibility. With the pandemic forcing everyone online, this “nice to have” need is a “must.”.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The list is presented in the order the responses were received in: 1) Andreas Wieland , Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Successful supply chain management means that organizations are well-orchestrated in an end-to-end value network. delivery reliability”), but is that really “supply chain thinking”?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2019

We have used the term “Supply Chain” here as well but it is also notable that there are differences between Supply Chain and Logistics Management as well. Logistics management includes a wide range of activities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

New-age data players are disrupting the procurement and supply chain in various ways, such as cost-saving initiatives, cycle time reduction, or supplier performance improvement. For example, inventory management can be more straightforward; a vendor’s performance can be assessed in minutes rather than days. Conclusion.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

Enterprises have started looking at technological innovations to simplify the last mile, investing in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to automate processes such as scheduling and routing, improving supply chain visibility and reducing costs overall.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In the book, The Living Supply Chain , the authors argue that, “Speeding up the supply chain is at the root of everything that is good: improved revenue, reduced working capital, higher profitability, and less obsolete inventory.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Wendy Tate, professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee, and coeditor-in-chief of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management said it well , “Eliminating waste is good, but inventory isn’t necessarily the same as waste. Take out too much inventory, and you add risk.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 29, 2020

2) Real-time visibility is extremely valuable during times of crisis! In the supply chain, visibility involves status reporting from suppliers, through the production&distribution infrastructure and all the way down to the shelf level. End-to-end scenario analyses require this visibility data as input.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 29, 2020

2) Real-time visibility is extremely valuable during times of crisis! In the supply chain, visibility involves status reporting from suppliers, through the production&distribution infrastructure and all the way down to the shelf level. End-to-end scenario analyses require this visibility data as input.

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Information must flow constantly to enable planning and management of inventory, production scheduling, order fulfillment, and more. Importance and Benefits of Effective Supply Chain Management An optimized supply chain is critical for business success and profitability.

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SupplyShift

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the wake of supply chain disruptions and global shortages, businesses are quickly recognizing the need for greater visibility over their supply network, from documenting the origin of material components to tracking shipments. For your supply chain map to have any real benefit, you must go beyond your direct suppliers.

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SupplyShift

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the wake of supply chain disruptions and global shortages, businesses are quickly recognizing the need for greater visibility over their supply network, from documenting the origin of material components to tracking shipments. For your supply chain map to have any real benefit, you must go beyond your direct suppliers.

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Solvoyo

MARCH 5, 2021

If your planning platform has inaccurate data and you don’t have visibility on the data’s quality, you will need to keep the outputs. One goal of these steps should be to provide end-to-end visibility across the organization through interactive dashboards and a single version of the truth. key customers and/or suppliers).

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Solvoyo

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Supply Chain and your Innovation Pipeline are critical to driving sales and profits! Supply Chains must be synchronized to POS demand to systemically reduce inventory! Thinking and Acting “End to End” and “Shopper Back” will accelerate sales and cost savings!

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

Additionally, analytics features grant you deeper visibility into your supply chain. Opstream aims to give users full visibility and control over spending. This gives you full spend visibility, along with proactive reminders and insights. Your procured asset records are automatically added to an asset library.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

As supply chain technology improves for transportation, inventory management and warehousing, the procurement tools for manufacturing businesses now need to step up. Manufacturing companies also require their technology to support inventory and planning requirements too. And stepping up, they indeed are.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

After a career as CEO, COO, President and Division Head of leading supply chain, manufacturing support, and after-market service organizations, he helps companies assess what they have, determine what they need, and decide what to do. How has the Supply Chain changed over the course of your career?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 3, 2021

Supply Chain has historically been considered a back office function, necessary but lacking in prestige and strategic value. The Coronavirus pandemic created a dramatic and highly visible disruption in that paradigm. Supply Chain can be hard to truly understand so outsiders have a simplistic view of what it involves.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Purpose Savvy sustainable consumers want end-to-end visibility into a product’s origins to ensure that it was sustainably developed and transported every step of the way. 3 Tips for delivering on promise and purpose in the retail supply chain 1. . Simple: communicate!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! In the face of depleted inventories and an inability to restore production to meet demand, we now have a chip shortage impacting the supply of automobiles. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Store shelves were stripped of toilet paper, baking supplies, masks , hand sanitizer and many other goods as the incredible spike in demand prompted by the virus was historic and unplanned. Many companies were caught flat-footed if any part of their Supply Chain depended on the supply of goods from China, or any other country for that matter.

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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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SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2025

Enhanced Visibility Through the Internet of Things (IoT) The proliferation of IoT devices and sensors is providing logistics companies with unprecedented real-time tracking and monitoring capabilities across their entire supply chains. SCMDOJO provides a super course on Supply Chain Visibility by Vera Rozanova.

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