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Sustainability in Procurement: Strategies and Challenges

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Sustainable and socially responsible procurement practices that cover the full spectrum can provide end-to-end visibility that facilitates monitoring and compliance, and delivers continuous value to the business. Among these practices are supplier identification through sourcing, relationship management, and reporting.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives. They consider factors—like supplier performance or sustainability —that support long-term partnerships, advance business needs and increase purchasing power.

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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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Supplier Order Management Software – Everything You Should Know

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Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. In this article, we will explore what supplier order management software is, its benefits, and some of the best software options available in the market. Supplier Order Management Software: What it is?  Menu Course Library 1.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. A procurement strategy is not merely a series of steps for acquiring goods and services. What is a procurement strategy?

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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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Smarter Insights, More Innovative Solutions: Why Procurement Needs a Seat at the Strategy Table

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To do this, procurement teams require visibility into their data, control over their processes, and a seat at the business strategy table. This means bringing the right people — including procurement — to the strategy table. All this combined is a recipe for end-to-end operational inefficiency.