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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

This helps reduce errors to improve data quality and response times to questions, which improves customer and supplier satisfaction. In sourcing strategy, blockchain technology helps track orders, payments, accounts and more. How is sourcing strategy different than procurement strategy?

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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

IBM Supply Chain Blog

For the energy and utilities industry (E&U), time is not on their side. Equipment-heavy and reliant on an aging infrastructure, E&U clients suffer from costly supply chain disruptions as wear, tear and time take their toll. Visibility. However, maintenance inventory optimization is only part of the solution.

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Out of Chaos, Opportunity

Supply Chain Brain

Instead, they pivoted to defensive resilience strategies and reliance solutions that add end-to-end shipment visibility, real-time response to manage disruption, and data analytics to optimize future performance.

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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The pandemic and its aftermath highlighted the importance of having a robust supply chain strategy , with many companies facing disruptions due to shortages in raw materials and fluctuations in customer demand. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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LogiChem Announces Speaker Lineup and Agenda for World’s Leading Chemical Supply Chain Event

Supply Chain Brain

First, adapt workforce, systems, and resources to foster end-to-end supply chain connectivity, fostering agility and resilience. Secondly, recalibrate digitalization strategy, prioritizing cost-effective solutions for maximal business impact.

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The Contract Management Playbook: Strategies and Secrets for Total Control

World of Procurement blog

Contract management also provides financial visibility into agreements and helps capture important data to inform business decisions. Lease agreements - Contracts for renting equipment, real estate, vehicles, etc. Tedious tasks like routing contracts for approvals and signatures waste time and resources.

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5 Strategies For Improving Distribution Operations: An Essential Guide

SCMDOJO

Therefore, evaluating performance and creating a comprehensive digitalization strategy are essential for a distributor’s success. To maximize efficiency, distributors should adhere to the following set of guidelines for evaluating and planning their supply chain with the strategies mentioned below.

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