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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power. Successful strategic sourcing often results in process optimization, cost management, customer satisfaction, risk management , increased sustainability and other benefits.

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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In this age of supply chain disruptions that hold the power to upend entire industries, strength and resilience across the entire value chain is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a survival tactic. They also factor in how a strong partnership could reduce supply chain risk and advance sustainability.

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Procurement Tracking – Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. In this article, we are going to explore what procurement tracking is, its importance in business and the tools to be used when conducting it for its efficient execution. Procurement Tracking: Why is it Important?

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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX

As an increasing number of organizations engage with vendors on a global level to fulfill their supply chains, the need for supply chain robustness has never been so critical. The Global Supply Chain Landscape: What is the current situation?

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The Nature Positive Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. There is a lot of information floating around in the media about the environment, climate change, sustainability, pollution, nature preservation and more. Clearly these are breakdowns in end to end Supply Chain Management which impact on nature and our environment.

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

Spend Matters

AI can help create greater efficiency and value across all source-to-pay processes, including spend analysis, opportunity identification, sourcing and contract management, category management, supply relationship management and risk management.