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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. It includes everything from product development and strategic decision-making to information systems and new technologies.

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10 CLM Platforms to Take Your Procurement Game to the Next Level

World of Procurement blog

With the right CLM solution in place, procurement can achieve end-to-end visibility into the contracting process, reduce cycle times, and eliminate inefficient manual tasks. This provides a single source of truth. Ironclad - Ironclad offers an end-to-end CLM solution with AI-powered contract analytics and insights.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

However, sourcing managers with a narrow focus on delivery are missing out one of the greatest advantages of forging collaborative supplier partnerships: an opportunity to drive synergies that are otherwise perceived as impossible within the confines of the business. They may even take over the provisioning of an entire end-to-end solution.

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The 25 Hottest US Procurement Startups

Procurement Software

At its heart is a source-to-pay suite offering a range of functionality, with a complete suite of cloud-based modules. The software was founded by a group of seasoned procurement professionals who have developed a full-suite spend management platform with two overriding principles: time to value and ease of use.

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Why ERP and PLM are No Longer Standard SCM Software!

Supply Chain Game Changer

For decades, forward-thinking supply chains were defined by how robust their investments into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) was. In the early days of supply chain digitization , these systems provided increased visibility and data pools to improve supply chain operations.

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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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The 25 Hottest European Procurement Startups

Procurement Software

If you’re a consultancy, an investor, or a solution provider and need to do deeper analysis of the market, we also offer subscriptions to our back end database , with all data points searchable. Apadua Apadua is a professional services sourcing software, based in Cologne, Germany.