IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In this age of supply chain disruptions that hold the power to upend entire industries, strength and resilience across the entire value chain is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a survival tactic. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

When I began my career there was no such thing as “Supply Chain Management” Supply Chain was not a title to be found anywhere on any organization chart. So what exactly is the definition of “Supply Chain Management”? Interestingly there are many views on how to define Supply Chain.

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. For those of you who are executives in Supply Chain, Procurement or New Product Introduction/Development, this is a must read. Globalization. Integration. Today this rarely exists.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Successful companies fuse product development practices with overarching business strategies to ensure sustainable innovations that will resonate efficiently and sustainably with customers—both in existing markets and among new target audiences. This will become the sample as materials and vendors are sourced for mass production.

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Claritum

JUNE 13, 2019

To my mind, your challenges depend on where you are in transformational change within your organisation, the scope of your function within Procurement and the nature of the organisation’s supply chain. For example, is your focus on strategic long-term supply relationships to support your manufactured product? Speed of supply.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 23, 2024

If you want to search the whole range of procurement tech companies out there beyond just startups, then check our our free software directory. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Dr. Elena Mechik Date Founded: 2019 Visit Inhubber profile in our Software Finder 2. Scalue aims to deliver total spend transparency.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 30, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. On top of that we have all other forms of economic growth, the expansion of outsourcing and global sourcing, all of which drive ever increasing demand on the over the road transportation of goods. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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