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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Why supply chain management matters Supply chain management involves coordinating and managing all the activities involved in sourcing , procurement, conversion and logistics. Automation Automation can streamline supply chain operations, from order fulfillment to inventory tracking.

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

IBM Supply Chain Blog

This year, rather than offering big discounts or slashing prices, consider promotions that encourage loyalty (after all, repeat customers are your best customers), offer bundles (combining two or more items), and consider high-value, low-cost freebies with purchase. Prepare for more in-person shopping. Consider supplier alternatives.

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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

It helps bring predictability to Strategic Sourcing, automates Transactional Procurement (or P2P cycle), and enables proactive Supplier Risk Management. 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.

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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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What is supply chain resiliency?

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Goods arrived exactly when needed, waste and holding costs were kept to a minimum, and single source strategies prevailed due to ease and cost savings. One overarching lesson supply chain leaders have learned is that customers increasingly want full visibility of supply chains from inventory to last-mile logistics.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Solvoyo

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats.