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Don’t let the shipping container crisis ruin Christmas this year

IBM Supply Chain Blog

As the price for goods – and for shipping and delivering goods – goes up, it leaves less room for discounts and sales, two traditions during past holiday seasons. Customers are expecting a fluid experience from end-to-end, and you can shape their overall experience to increase conversions and build brand loyalty.

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The Supply Chain Management Playbook: Your Game Plan for Operational Success

World of Procurement blog

It involves the active streamlining and integration of key processes across purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing, and transportation. Information must flow constantly to enable planning and management of inventory, production scheduling, order fulfillment, and more. It improves product availability and order fulfillment rates.

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The Reality of Automation in Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Direct purchase requests from employees are possible with varying levels of auto-approval. Management can review orders in real-time and spend time on exceptions raised by the system. Some of the possible risks in procurement are related to on-time order fulfillment, pricing and quality, market risks, and the potential for fraud.

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Business process management (BPM) examples

IBM Supply Chain Blog

And while enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates and manages all aspects of a business, BPM focuses on its individual functions—optimizing the organization’s existing, repeatable processes end-to-end. BPM can also provide real-time visibility into claim status and performance metrics.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Solvoyo

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. Accurate and timely reconciliation of purchase orders with receipts. Understanding the impact of the market price index on your demand. Having accurate stock-out data.

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The 10 Hottest German Procurement Startups

Procurement Software

End-to-end encryption provides a uniquely secure way to sign and store contracts, eliminating the need for dedicated servers and VPN connections. It supports them in budgeting, requesting, and ordering articles and services for their business, while benefiting from better purchasing conditions.