World of Procurement blog

MAY 8, 2024

Customers receive orders on-time without backlogs. Plan The planning phase focuses on forecasting demand to determine what products are needed, the quantities required, and timing of orders. Source Sourcing involves identifying suppliers and negotiating pricing, lead times, quality, and other terms.

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Pipefy

JANUARY 5, 2024

Let’s examine the transformative potential of historical and real-time process tracking on businesses, along with their ability to empower those businesses to make better-informed decisions. Document processes from end to end (often time stamping each process phase). What is process tracking? Increase productivity.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Control Towers – Is Yours Real or Just Smoke and Mirrors? Every research firm and vendor has their own definition, but all share the common theme of visibility. A traditional control tower provides visibility to immediate trading partners only. So, control towers are an attempt to combat it with visibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2021

I/T was going to be at the epicentre of the strategic and operational leadership of the company. When the end consumer used a coffee pod the specifics of that actual, real time consumption would be tracked electronically. Real time visibility of the entire Supply Chain could be available to anyone anywhere at any time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 13, 2021

Seasoned Leadership in Action – Our 2020 All Stars! As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series. After growing it from an idea on a napkin to more than 300 employees, we decided it was time to take on a new challenge. Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 27, 2021

You need the vision, the leadership, the strategy, and the resources to implement this capability. Stuff happens, and it happens all the time. Think about how many times you’ve been asked to review a Disaster Recovery plan. On top of that building a resilient Supply Chain does recover real investment.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 17, 2022

Even before the pandemic occurred, it was standard practice in most companies to have a Supply Chain team that had to react in real time to unforeseen circumstances. I’ve lived through these nightmare scenarios many times, as a high-priced expediter. The result is that they continue to spend all their time fighting fires.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Coronavirus pandemic created a dramatic and highly visible disruption in that paradigm. When the pandemic winds down there is a very real danger that people will go back to doing, and viewing, things the way they were before the pandemic. Short sighted corporate leadership. Much of the training is in specific skills (eg.

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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. Leadership commitment, led by CFO, is crucial for successful implementation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The level of digital connectivity across the entire End-to-End Supply Chain, from customers through to manufacturers, distributors, logistics companies, and suppliers of all kinds enables this forward leap to an Industry 4.0 In Supply Chain having complete visibility to the entire network is essential for effective operations.

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Pipefy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

No matter how much they differ, efficient and friction-free workflows typically share the following traits: they provide visibility, employees are aligned on changes and requirements, fosters accountability, and creates a positive business impact. Visibility Each step in a workflow should be visible.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 14, 2020

Though it is an added stressor at this precarious moment, the time will never be more appropriate to take action toward improving enterprise logistics processes. Define the contours of your supply chain network from end-to-end – inbound from vendors to production facilities and outbound from DCs to customers.

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Pipefy

MAY 25, 2023

HR professionals are using digital transformations to phase out repetitive paperwork and increase face time with the employees who need them. Businesses that make the transition to digital tools to increase efficiency see huge benefits like: Visibility. With automated tasks, HR gets it right, every time. Time savings.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Depending on the specific needs of the client, the scope of contract logistics can range from managing individual aspects of the supply chain to offering full end-to-end solutions. They can be businesses or individual consumers who expect their orders to be delivered in a timely manner and in good condition.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Most supply chain leaders recognize that it’s an incredibly exciting time to be working in the field. At the same time, they must also develop strategies to significantly advance their capabilities in anticipation of overcoming their issues with the basics. You would measure lead time in days or even weeks. Mike Mortson.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 18, 2023

Process discovery includes the identification and definition of activities and tasks comprising a process; its purpose is to make all stages in a process visible in order to ensure clear responsibility for each of those phases. These inefficiencies lose hours and money that can add up to huge amounts of waste over time.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

A good way to understand longer end-to-end transit times which under the current scenario have increased dramatically on most of the major trade lanes is to take a closer look at where delays are more likely to happen.

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Pipefy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What may have been a relatively simple process at one time can evolve as an organization adds employees and stakeholders, multiple systems, and data. Workflow orchestration does not refer to the isolated or fragmented automation functions that organizations apply to a few business lines to reduce time spent on specific tasks.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series. Thank you Bronwen for your friendship, your support of Supply Chain Game Changer, and taking the time to share your experiences and expertise with us. You need to be able to trust your team, and like spending time with them.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As such we are introducing a new “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. My start in supply chain was a bit unknowing at the time. In order to be one of their vendors IBM wouldn’t accept the commercial terms of the times. They challenged us to be much better than we were.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

MARCH 25, 2021

Although e-Invoicing is not a new technology, its relevance has grown multi-fold in recent times. Streamlined & efficient processes that reduce the turnaround time . Implementing it ultimately results in a much faster turnaround time. Better Visibility and Transparency. Better Visibility and Transparency.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There are tremendous benefits but there are obstacles, real or perceived, that get in the way. And they would not have the end to end supply chain visibility that can come with a TMS. The reality is that a do-it-yourself TMS solution requires a large investment in cash and resources and time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

In Supply Chain that means we want and need full end to end visibility and transparency. To provide that end to end visibility requires electronic connectivity of all nodes of the Supply Chain. Building your own TMS in this day and age is a waste of time and resource. Email Address. Conclusion.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Advanced Analytics will support real-time decision making based on data captured across the supply chain. Using advanced analytics in a transportation management network to look at historical traffic patterns, you can plan a truck’s route that takes into account time delays for more accurate arrival times.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you haven’t been thinking about these questions, the time to start is now. Inventory positioning: Visibility across your entire network allows you to optimize the fulfillment of each order. Business are facing pressure to increase supply chain sustainability, and the bottom-line benefits are real.

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HICX

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This has led to organizations investing capital in and spending time on optimizing supply chains to cut lead times, improve supplier performance and increase business profitability. These tools can provide real-time insights across the supply chain while predicting future trends, ensuring organizations can remain proactive.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In the authors’ words, “within 5-10 years, the supply chain function may be obsolete, replaced by a smoothly running, self-regulating utility that optimally manages end-to-end workflows and requires very little human intervention.”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Yet it is managed by one or two people, with no support, and no visibility from upper management. Supply chain visibility is also incredibly important these days. You can not get this visibility without a plan. And you need suppliers who can provide visibility through electronic connectivity.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In good times, operating leverage (ratio of fixed and variable costs) can supercharge profit growth. However, in times of growth, new costs and expenses also tend to creep in, and over time, these costs harden and morph into fixed cost structures. You may provide better demand visibility to the vendor partner.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 26, 2021

And even with the approval of vaccines the poor initial rollout suggests that it is going to be a long time yet before we can go back to some state of normal. All of this has had to be done under immense pressure, with unwavering time constraints, under lockdown conditions, and under all social distancing and pandemic guidelines.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

One of the main problems in a functionally organized company is that those functions over time can become isolated from each other. Organization lines and boxes on a piece of paper become actual boundaries and barriers to teamwork and productivity in real life. How many parts of your company act as independent silos?

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Solvoyo

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Throughout my career, when supply chain transformation was demanded by leadership, this quote from The Jerk often came to mind, always accompanied with a smile. 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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Let's Talk Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

We know that statistically, more women in supply chain leadership and operations teams isn’t just important for diversity and inclusion. Let’s Talk Supply Chain gives women leaders in supply chain a platform to share what drives them and how they are actively empowering real progress in their communities and organizations.

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Pipefy

MAY 9, 2023

Effective modern procurement requires end-to-end process tracking to both view and control the costs, sourcing, quality, and delivery times associated with acquired goods and services. and allows you plenty of time to find replacement suppliers should the quality or lead times of existing ones diminish.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 28, 2020

Instead of waiting for others to realize that now is the time for Procurement professionals to make their value and contribution known. Now is the time for Procurement to SELL! Now I would never advocate selling something that isn’t real. They have an end to end view of the Supply Chain. ” Ouch!

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

3 steps to building healthcare supply chain resiliency Step 1: Improve visibility and proactivity Hospital systems work with multiple fragmented teams, technologies and processes to manage daily operations, leading to a pervasive lack of data visibility. Doing so streamlines purchasing power and optimizes inventory management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

There are tremendous benefits but there are obstacles, real or perceived, that get in the way. And they would not have the end to end supply chain visibility that can come with a TMS. The reality is that a do-it-yourself TMS solution requires a large investment in cash and resources and time.

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