IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Most everyone has heard of large language models, or LLMs, since generative AI has entered our daily lexicon through its amazing text and image generating capabilities, and its promise as a revolution in how enterprises handle core business functions. Now, more than ever, the thought of talking to AI through a chat interface or have it perform specific tasks for you, is a tangible reality.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 3, 2024

Strategic shifts from both carriers complicate efforts to renew their air transportation contract, which expires in September.

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Spend Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

For several years now, Spend Matters has been collecting and publishing a series of articles about procurement, supply and services trends for the year ahead from expert tech and service providers in the market. This year we’re highlighting the customer demands, market movements and advances in procurement tech that are exciting the world of solution providers, how they expect them to shape the S2P landscape next year and how they plan to respond to them.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 3, 2024

As supply chains transform, teams will need to step out of their siloed functions and focus on organization-wide priorities, Kearney experts write.

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Advertiser: GEP

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 3, 2024

VinFast said in October 2023it would build assembly factories in India and Indonesia that each have an annual capacity of up to 50,000 cars and a capital expenditure of up to $200 million at first.

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Una

JANUARY 3, 2024

EPISODE 146 Calling All Solution Enthusiasts! with A'Keela Johnson By Kelly Barner | January 3, 2024 Procurement is used to dealing with a whole series of stereotypes associated with the profession: bean counters… pencil sharpeners… and penny pinchers, just to name a few. Those nicknames stand in sharp contrast to the value procurement delivers on a daily basis – value that extends far beyond savings to improve the competitive position of the whole company.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lead times, cost-pressures and geopolitical risks are just a few reasons why companies are making operational changes.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 3, 2024

The first shipments from the LNG project will be delivered during the first quarter of 2024, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed disturbing data about health inequity. In 2020, the National Institute for Health (NIH) published a report stating that Black Americans died from COVID-19 at higher rates than White Americans, even though they make up a smaller percentage of the population. According to the NIH, these disparities were due to limited access to care, inadequacies in public policy and a disproportionate burden of comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and lung disea

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 3, 2024

The executive order prohibits companies and citizens from "threatening countries" from purchasing farms or other types of land within ten miles of staffed military sites in Missouri.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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SCMR (Supply Chain Management Review)

JANUARY 3, 2024

Global trade tensions and continued material shortages will continue to hamper the supply chain in 2024 says a Deloitte forecast.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 3, 2024

It's hard to predict what a warehouse will look like in ten years.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pop Quiz: When was the following article excerpt about orchestration written: “During the alignment phase, stakeholder input (especially from your purchasing department and supply base) will also enable you to lay a solid foundation to evaluate current and proposed technologies. Besides eliminating compliance challenges, you will be able to know exactly where and how you can utilize orchestrated technology to deliver savings.” Today’s post is my response to a great post by Math

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The Good Spending

JANUARY 3, 2024

My online course, "Modern Approach to Cloud Software (SaaS) Negotiations," is live on Udemy. Please follow this link [link] and get closer to becoming the SaaS negotiation expert. Software as a Service (SaaS) procurement refers to acquiring cloud-based software applications on a subscription basis rather than through traditional software licensing models.

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Advertiser: GEP

Generative AI goes beyond just automating tasks and providing real-time answers. Did you know that implementing generative AI reduces sourcing cycle times and allows for faster decision-making across procurement operations? In this whitepaper — Next-Gen Procurement: Transforming Processes With the Power of Generative AI — experts reveal how the strategic application of generative AI within procurement processes is paving the way for groundbreaking improvements.

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Supply Chain Dive

JANUARY 3, 2024

The industry could enter growth mode as early as March, economists say.

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CPO Rising

JANUARY 3, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we’re publishing some “best of” 2023 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead.

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