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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Visibility. Visibility into other key inventory (e.g., Automate to ensure consistent service levels Without real-time demand sensing combined with visibility into performance across supplier networks, increasing grid/energy demands for consumers and growing communities can lead to product excess or shortages.

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367: Going Beyond Visibility – Unveiling The Invisible

Let's Talk Supply Chain

Over the course of our brand new four-part series, we’re going to talk about why optimized and actionable data is more powerful than mere visibility; and why organizations need good data, not lots of data. We’ll be revealing the true cost of compliance; and changing the way we think about risk in logistics. Change is tough.

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Visibility is crucial for supply chains

Strategic Sourceror

These tasks, combined with the increasing levels of complexity and risk that modern supply chains have had to go through, has made tracing exactly what's going on even more difficult than it had been in the past. Why is visibility so important?

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See Through Disruptions: How Supply Chain Visibility Builds Resilience

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However, they are also susceptible to disruptions and risks. Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. Supply Chain Resilience refers to a supply chain’s ability to withstand and recover from unexpected events.

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You are Connected Everywhere! Why isn’t your Supply Chain Connected?

Supply Chain Game Changer

So why is it that the Supply Chain in so many companies is being run without the end to end visibility needed to even function, yet which we have in our personal lives? In this age of exponential growth in digital connectivity the time has come to ensure you have End to End Supply Chain visibility.

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Contract Management Process — Everything You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Contract management, also known as contract lifecycle management, in the field of procurement refers to the handling of end-to-end contracting with the suppliers and other third parties of an organization. . Reducing exposure to existing procurement, financial, and legal risks. . Possible methods to use to eliminate risks.

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Delivering on promise and purpose in the retail supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Purpose Savvy sustainable consumers want end-to-end visibility into a product’s origins to ensure that it was sustainably developed and transported every step of the way. 3 Tips for delivering on promise and purpose in the retail supply chain 1. . Simple: communicate!