IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 29, 2024

OpenTelemetry or OTel, is a platform that is designed to create a centralized location for generating, collecting, exporting and managing telemetry data, including logs, metrics and traces. OpenTelemetry collector: The OTel collector receives, processes and exports, telemetry data. What is OpenTelemetry? What is Prometheus?

Export 75

Export Real-time Visibility e2e Data 75

The Network Effect

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Network participants collaborate and plan in real time, eliminating latency related to both information flows as well as order lead times. The basic definition of a supply “network” implies collaboration versus a supply chain which of course is serial in nature.

Networking 58

Networking Collaboration Real-time Visibility Supply 58

Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

I have seen top performers with catalog content that includes volume/promotional pricing, real-time price checks, multi-currency, multilingual and custom or specialty attributes for industry-specific inventory data, which were also embedded into shopping lists and more.

Procurement solutions 98

Procurement solutions Procurement supply chain budgeting Real-time Visibility 98

SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

A good way to understand longer end-to-end transit times which under the current scenario have increased dramatically on most of the major trade lanes is to take a closer look at where delays are more likely to happen. The extreme need to traverse these nuances has propelled logistics companies to develop new solutions and expand services.

Supply Chain Optimization 83

Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Real-time Visibility e2e 83

EazyStock

JUNE 23, 2022

This is especially true in inventory management, where new technologies are being introduced all the time, and along with them, more and more data is being generated. The key for inventory management teams is to know what to do with it! Unstructured data isn’t as accessible to search or export and is often text-heavy.

Inventory 52

Inventory Data Management Real-time Visibility 52

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

First-class OpenTelemetry support Full-stack observability demands thorough visibility and comprehension. OpenTelemetry serves as an indispensable tool for achieving comprehensive visibility, facilitating streamlined practices with common instrumentation, portable formats and interoperable pipelines. Ansible®, PagerDuty, etc.).

Innovation 84

Innovation e2e Real-time Visibility Sourcing 84

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Becoming a real-time enterprise Businesses often go on a journey that traverses several stages of maturity when they establish an EDA. Teams want more visibility and access to events so they can reuse and innovate on the work of others. Results can be exported or sent as a continuous stream into Kafka.

Real-time Visibility 73

Real-time Visibility Export Supply Chain Efficiency Sourcing 73

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 25, 2020

We’ve heard our political and business leaders talking about Supply Chain more than any time in history. During this time it’s important to reflect on what many of the global experts have had to say. We have to make sure that third markets remain open for our exports. Protectionism is not the answer. ” 10.

Supply Chain Efficiency 56

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Real-time Visibility Supply 56

IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In DevOps , the concept of observability has evolved to refer to the end-to-end visibility of a system state as dictated by telemetry data. Logs Logs include discrete events recorded every time something occurs in the system, such as status or error messages, or transaction details. • Monitor resource usage.

Real-time Visibility 66

Real-time Visibility e2e Data Networking 66

Finale Inventory

JUNE 4, 2024

Offer flash sale promotions: limited-time deep discounts are popular with customers, but you need to track stock minute-by-minute to ensure you aren’t overcommitted and disappoint customers. What Finale offers: Finale syncs inventory data across sales channels and locations in real time, with no more than a 5-minute lag in reporting.

Inventory 52

Inventory Real-time Visibility Management e2e 52

EazyStock

JUNE 10, 2022

Calculating demand forecasts and replenishment parameters can also be very challenging and time-consuming without software. An inventory optimization app focuses on optimizing stock levels – reducing the risk of stock outs while ensuring you don’t over-invest and carry too much excess. Driver time management.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization supply chain software solutions Inventory 52

Pipefy

AUGUST 18, 2023

Process discovery includes the identification and definition of activities and tasks comprising a process; its purpose is to make all stages in a process visible in order to ensure clear responsibility for each of those phases. These inefficiencies lose hours and money that can add up to huge amounts of waste over time.

Import 52

Import Real-time Visibility e2e Data 52

Pipefy

AUGUST 10, 2023

In contrast, process intelligence automatically and continuously acquires data at scale, resulting in clear visibility into an organization’s journey towards improving its processes. These tools may work with both historical and real-time data. Reading recommendation: What Is Workflow Management?

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility e2e Data Risk 52

Empowering CPO

JULY 17, 2023

Procurement teams are often confronted with issues such as maintaining cost control and visibility over spending, managing relationships with a diverse range of suppliers, staying compliant with a myriad of regulations, mitigating risks in the supply chain, and leveraging new technologies effectively. The result?

Procurement 40

Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Optimization 40

Empowering CPO

JULY 17, 2023

Procurement teams are often confronted with issues such as maintaining cost control and visibility over spending, managing relationships with a diverse range of suppliers, staying compliant with a myriad of regulations, mitigating risks in the supply chain, and leveraging new technologies effectively. The result?

Procurement 40

Procurement Management Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility 40

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Many times they should be able to create a logo for you within a couple of days and many cost less than $50. Selling as an individual is a smart option if you are a first time seller or plan to ship less than 40 items in a month. Only businesses with excellent seller metrics have a chance at scoring this valuable real estate.

Export 43

Export Price Real-time Visibility supply chain budgeting 43

IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

First-class OpenTelemetry support Full-stack observability demands thorough visibility and comprehension. OpenTelemetry serves as an indispensable tool for achieving comprehensive visibility, facilitating streamlined practices with common instrumentation, portable formats and interoperable pipelines. Ansible®, PagerDuty, etc.).

Innovation 43

Innovation e2e Real-time Visibility Sourcing 43

Planergy

JUNE 30, 2022

The goal of proper financial management is to ensure the company has enough money to take care of operations at all times, to ensure that all stakeholders receive adequate returns, maintain optimal funds utilization, keep investments safe, and plan a solid capital structure. Get access to your company’s financial health in real-time.

Management 52

Management Real-time Visibility Budget Purchase orders 52

Claritum

JULY 31, 2018

Should a supplier be visible before they become a preferred supplier? Other rules may relate to tax or export restrictions. Supplier scorecards can be used or simple dashboards showing supplier performance over time. What tolerance is allowed, relating to a specification, for goods to be accepted?

Suppliers 42

Suppliers Management Real-time Visibility Purchasing 42

SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2022

At such a time, NFTs will prove their worth. With the ability to know the real-time movement of the product due to its tokenization system, a company can easily find out the owner of the asset by quick scans and running reports. The tokenization system will also improvise how inventories are managed in the supply chain.

Supply Chain Efficiency 137

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply chain Real-time Visibility Supply 137

The Network Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Unfortunately the CPFR design is a limited architecture and basically constitutes a push or ERP batch oriented type environment , where an attempt is made to collect and react to exceptions, but this architecture just isn’t designed to resolve these issues in a timely fashion (e.g. Finally, CPFR systems typically takes retailers 1.5

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 70

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Demand Supply chain 70

Una

JANUARY 17, 2023

Zero visibility of the risks their ships faced, from storms to piracy and political instability, rendered those on shore helpless to intervene. That is why the most important gains in supply chain technology have been in the area of visibility. But that is not the only area where technology is rapidly evolving. For example, nearly 6.5

Supply Chain Efficiency 98

Supply Chain Efficiency Supply Chain Optimization Supply chain Real-time Visibility 98

SCMDOJO

APRIL 17, 2025

Yet, in this sense, no business model can stay effective for a long time without reasonable updates. Solution: Automatization of repeated actions saves time, while streamline monitoring and accurate data analysis provides an opportunity to improve business strategy promptly, answering clients demand and following market trends.

Logistics 75

Logistics Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency e2e 75

Planergy

MARCH 13, 2025

Sage Intacct integrates with over 350 business applications, improving data accuracy, workflow efficiency, and cross-platform visibility. Find the report you need and just click on the print option or take some time to customize the data to suit your needs.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Data Export Spend management 52

Procurement Insights

MARCH 13, 2025

unified spend visibility), and improved user adoption due to consistency. Real-World Example Harmonization : A company migrates to SAP Ariba (ProcureTech) and SAP S/4HANA (ERP), aligning procurement workflows so purchase orders created in Ariba automatically update inventory and financials in S/4HANA in real time.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Influencing Buyers Data 52

Procurement Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This misalignment can trigger the Bullwhip Effect as upstream players overcorrect their production or inventory levels, leading to amplified disruptions. Companies can mitigate the risks associated with the Silent Slope and the Bullwhip Effect by improving data transparency, real-time communication, and forecasting accuracy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Real-time Visibility Export 40

Procurement Insights

APRIL 23, 2025

The problem is that spend visibility and analytics is much more complex, requiring data cleansing, rationalization, classification and other efforts which go far beyond what is needed to gain insight into basic HR, financials, IT and other internal information, which fall cleanly in to the BI camp.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Procurement Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain software solutions 52

HICX

APRIL 14, 2025

packaging materials, machinery, fertilizers) Longer lead times due to disrupted shipping routes or customs delays Supplier insolvency or price renegotiations …can immediately impact margins, production schedules, and brand equity. Without visibility across these layers, companies are flying blind. Countries affected by U.S.

Suppliers 40

Suppliers Real-time Visibility Management Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

Jaggaer

JANUARY 23, 2025

Germany exports to the United States stood at US$171.65 billion during 2023, while US exports to Germany amounted to just US$76.47 By contrast, United Kingdom exports to United States in the same period stood at US$71.91 billion, while United States Exports to United Kingdom were US$74.05 But that would take time.

Export 52

Export Supply Chain Efficiency Raw materials supply chain budgeting 52

Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 3, 2018

is the world’s largest producer and exporter of almonds, with 80% of the global supply coming from California. Advanced Scheduling – ensuring more exact pickup/delivery times, reducing dwell times, optimizing Hours of Service, increasing DC throughput and providing visibility into dock door utilization.

Dwell Time 87

Dwell Time Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding Bidding 87

Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 18, 2017

In times of economic peril, it is exceptionally important for businesses to have a plan to adapt to swift and dramatic changes in supply and demand. Market crashes also have a deep impact on trade balances which effect the price of the dollar and can change the directional flow of imports/exports.

Export 60

Export Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Efficiency supply chain budgeting 60