IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Empowering CPO

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of procurement, organizations are turning to strategic sourcing services to navigate the complexities and achieve sustainable success. The Power of Data-Driven Decision-Making At the core of successful strategic sourcing lies the ability to make informed decisions based on robust data analysis.

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Claritum

MAY 11, 2018

Does your business source products and services from global markets? If your company is sourcing goods and services internationally you could be reaping many benefits. However, you could also face many challenges when globally sourcing across geopolitical boundaries. Do you have visibility of a global supply chain?

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Empowering CPO

JULY 5, 2023

Procurement, which refers to the process of finding, acquiring, and buying goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process, plays a critical role in determining a company’s efficiency and profitability. This is where managed procurement services come into the picture.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 23, 2024

At the same time, it also provides AI-powered management of contractual obligations and deliverables. Matchory Matchory is a German procurement startup offering a data-driven strategic sourcing solution. This collects supplier data from a range of sources, then applies machine learning and other technologies to analyse it.

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Una

OCTOBER 17, 2023

EPISODE 137 Using Visibility to Combat Supply Chain Abstraction with Frank Kenney By Kelly Barner | October 18, 2023 In the race to build global empires of data and digital systems, today’s businesses must not risk forgetting what all of those zeroes and ones mean.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 30, 2021

And with customers expecting solid commitments on when their orders will be delivered the need for high order precision in understanding vehicle route times has never been more critical. Various constraints were modelled including capacity, travel time, availability, etc. The goal is to minimized total costs (eg.

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