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At which point should end-to-end (S2C) source-customer visibility begin in the manufacturing process?

Procurement Insights

In my December 2019 post , Sorry, Charlie, there is something wrong with the world’s seafood supply chain I talked about consumer demand for tracking the seafood industry from source to plate. I obviously think what EiKO is doing regarding process visibility is great – kudos to the company for its progressive customer-centric thinking.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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See Through Disruptions: How Supply Chain Visibility Builds Resilience

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Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. The powerful concept of Supply Chain Visibility lies at the core of resilience. Supply Chain Visibility refers to tracking and monitoring the movement of goods, services, and information throughout the supply chain.

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals.

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#1! Are you a Supply Chain Digital Champion?

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Consumers also expect transparency – in product origin, quality standards, and how organizations are improving their environmental and sustainability efforts. . These autonomous ecosystems are connected by data that is continuously available to all stakeholders, optimizing information quality and improving decision-making.

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Proactis: Vendor Analysis, 2023 Update (Part 1) — S2P solution overview, market analysis, company SWOT, competitors

Spend Matters

This Spend Matters Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Proactis and its solution for source-to-pay (S2P). The complexity of S2P with its use of multiple systems to address each aspect it covers, manual processes, data quality issues and process variations can make managing the end-to-end process difficult.

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New Year Insights for the procurement solutions and services marketplace 2024: GEP

Spend Matters

Today, for procurement organizations too, applying an AI-first approach has become imperative, especially in the source-to-pay process. Generative AI, in particular, offers transformative potential in optimizing source-to-pay processes. And the maximum value can be extracted from these new tools through strategic integration.