Let's Talk Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

Logistics Complexity and the Strategic Moves Companies Are Making to Reduce It The last mile is typically the costliest and most complicated leg of a supply chain, accounting for, on average, 53% of overall shipping costs. Visibility in the delivery process gives logistics companies more control over their last-mile operations.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

These shifting dynamics bring about unexpected disruptions—like changes in levels of demand—impacting your ability to effectively manage your inventory, satisfy your customer needs, and ultimately your bottom line. You were unaware of this since the supply chain teams only provide this information in quarterly reports.

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Solvoyo

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Supply Chain is a core business function tasked to manage multiple business operations such as production, inventory, order fulfillment, and transportation simultaneously. In fact, the supply chain people are expected to be super-heroes. How can they manage all this simultaneously?

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 15, 2023

How do I manage my fleet? Consider how well the last-mile delivery technology can integrate with your existing systems, such as order management, inventory management, and customer relationship management (CRM) platforms. Seamless integration can streamline operations and is the key to improved efficiency.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 8, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Here at Supply Chain Game Changer our fundamental mission is to share experiences and expertise for the benefit of all. Supply chain is both deep and broad. I read multiple magazines and supply chain blogs to keep current. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 25, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. It aids in the efficient use of resources at various stages of the project. Depending on the project, choose designers, developers, business analysts, product managers, and QA specialists. Aim for Efficient Management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. If you run an online business, you definitely know that managing it involves many moving parts. Ensure that you create a fast, efficient, and streamlined eCommerce shipping process. As such, they start searching for these products from your competitors. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Freight costs and budget adherence are among the most important and often overlooked aspects of transportation management. For example, according to Global Trade Magazine , “One critical factor that executives should monitor closely is logistics management. Subscribe Here!

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 21, 2023

Outsourced carriers are third-party companies contracted to carry a shipper’s product from one location to another. Using a network of outsourced carriers helps retailers provide their deliveries in a timely and efficient manner, with reduced capital investment, labor, and asset management costs.

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Planergy

JANUARY 19, 2024

Modern Spend Management and Accounts Payable software. Helping organizations spend smarter and more efficiently by automating purchasing and invoice processing. How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Vendor analysis is crucial for risk management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Check out The Supply Chain Detective! In Search of Broken Supply Chain Clues! Have you experienced part shortages that gate your production schedule? And very often they can stop production immediately. And very often they can stop production immediately. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2022

The primary responsibility is to control and optimize the flow of products. For their part, the Logistics Manager is responsible for: This department handles raw material deliveries. To process orders, product storage, and a safe and secure handling system. Coordinates with the management team. Supply management.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Recent data from the Hackett Group reveals that AP teams that provide self-service capabilities to suppliers can achieve Superhero status by reducing inquiries by 49% and saving 50% on master data management costs. Bad Supplier Relationship Management is the kryptonite for AP . Pay on time. Provide self-service capabilities.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Please join Mike Graves, Vice President of Product Management at Pierbridge, and Martin Hespeler, VP Americas at Microlistics, on Thursday, December 8 at 2 pm EST as they provide tips for the warehouse floor and the shipping dock to scale operations efficiently and flexibly without overextending staff, space, or capital.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

All major cloud providers provide managed data streaming services to meet this growing demand. One key advantage of opting for managed Kafka services is the delegation of responsibility for broker and operational metrics, allowing users to focus solely on metrics specific to applications. Learn more about Event Streams for IBM Cloud.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Healthcare, insurance and education are more hesitant due to the legal and compliance efforts to which they must adhere—and the lack of insight, transparency and regulation in generative AI. Experienced developers are leaning on generative AI to advance complex coding tasks more efficiently.

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Jaggaer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The result has been isolated applications, e.g. for supplier management and for P2P working in parallel with siloed data sets and limited or no synergy. Solutions that provide better alignment between supply chain and procurement management. Automated compliance management. Competitive intelligence.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

With new markets and functionalities appearing almost overnight, product development can’t be a blind process. Planning Once the idea has been validated, the planning stage of the new product development process begins. This might include plans for integrating the new idea with current products or existing business structures.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

They faced obstacles such as a prolonged budget process, manual forecasting, and no product profitability. To address these challenges, Al Rabie partnered with 1Direction Global, a top solution provider in Financial and Operational Performance Management and Consulting, and a Gold Business Partner with IBM since 2018.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

This need becomes apparent when teams progress several steps into the process, only to discover that their old approaches do not effectively address the management costs introduced by the new technology. But now, IT is much more of a team sport, and the older approaches aren’t always effective or cost-efficient.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JUNE 27, 2022

With a team of self-driven engineers, strategists, product managers, and more – from over 50 countries – Argo are utilizing self-driving products and services to transform the movement of people and goods, benefiting communities around the world, and empowering both people and businesses to be more successful.

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The Network Effect

JANUARY 17, 2016

Note: This is the latest in a series of posts that discuss how your companies master data management strategy (MDM) has a direct relationship to your company’s fiscal health. An example supply network configuration of these roles includes; Buyer Side. Buyer Supply Chain Planner – all the business functionality.

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Jaggaer

MAY 12, 2020

Full data transparency. Supply-Chain and Invoice automation. Back in September 2018 Gartner wrote , “Technology product managers must develop AI solutions that are aligned with high-priority procurement use cases, enhance user experience and improve supplier loyalty to gain their confidence.”

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Procurement Software

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Founded in 2016, the company is led by two experienced procurement and management experts. It serves Fortune 500 companies, and in 2020 the platform managed more than $150M of spend. It also has an analytics system claiming to focus on risk management rather than retrospective troubleshooting. Key Data: Founder / CEO: Gregory N.

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ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

During this session, the panel answered questions surrounding data as a driver of sustainable value, continuity, and transparency and how data can fuel digital transformation. . Dramatic supply and demand shifts during the pandemic prioritized the need for data accuracy to solve short and long term supply chain challenges.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 2, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Pipefy

AUGUST 1, 2023

Any business that wants to excel, or even compete, in the current capricious market must have the ability to make the best, most efficient use of its resources. Cutting those costs, or even managing them, never happens by accident. In the past, that meant cutting facilities budgets or reigning in travel allowances.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

AUGUST 14, 2022

Today I’m joined by Cavallo , a powerhouse software company that is on a mission to drive efficiency in every stage of the distribution process. Founded by experienced distributors and perfected over two decades spent optimizing distribution supply chains, no company is better positioned to guide your growth.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

If your manufacturing processes have become more intricate and challenging to manage manually, an MES can help streamline manufacturing operations management, increase efficiency and reduce errors. Vendor research: Conduct thorough research on MES software vendors and their offerings.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Production managers are tasked with ensuring that factories and other production lines are getting the most value out of their equipment and systems. It provides insights into how well equipment is utilized and how efficiently it operates in producing goods or delivering services.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Serverless is a cloud computing application development and execution model that enables developers to build and run application code without provisioning or managing servers or backend infrastructure. Serverless is one of those technologies that is improving developer efficiency. Serverless does all that for them.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Yes, AI technology isn’t the end but only a means towards effectiveness and efficiency, improved innovative capabilities, and better opportunities. Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Sales and marketing teams can work more efficiently through these features. Automation Efficiency and AI. Social Computing.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2019

”, which is based on a global survey with responses from 391 CPOs and other senior procurement decision makers, showed that most progress had been made with the automation of supplier management, procure-to-pay and spend management processes. These should be used in combination with conversational platforms (e.g. Operational Benefits.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Suzhou Universal Chain Technology Company (hereafter referred to as Suzhou Universal Chain) and IBM China recently announced the successful development of Suzhou Universal Chain’s enterprise application integration platform and business process automation management platform using IBM hybrid cloud and AI software.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

MAY 9, 2023

Supporting the data management life cycle According to IDC’s Global StorageSphere, enterprise data stored in data centers will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 30% between 2021-2026. [2] Through workload optimization an organization can reduce data warehouse costs by up to 50 percent by augmenting with this solution. [1]

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With the rapid advancements in cloud computing, data management and artificial intelligence (AI) , hybrid cloud plays an integral role in next-generation IT infrastructure. Cloud-based managed services include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS ), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS ).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 10, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen a balancing of power between employees and their managers. Not only have employees realized their worth, but managers have also seen the benefits of actively listening to their employees and acting on their concerns.

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