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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Supply Chain Blog

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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Unlocking Insights with Life Cycle Inventory Analysis

SCMDOJO

A comprehensive analysis of the energy and material inputs, outputs, and environmental impacts associated with a product’s life cycle, LCI helps us unlock valuable insights into sustainable practices. Join us as we unravel the power of LCI in unlocking insights into environmental impact and sustainable practices.

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Supplier Collaboration Software — What You Should Know

Procurement Tactics

Supplier collaboration goes beyond traditional buyer-supplier relationships by promoting cooperation, transparency, and innovation throughout the supply chain. Sustainable Procurement Course Maintain profitability while moving toward sustainability 4.

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Sustainability begins with design

IBM Supply Chain Blog

If you want to make sustainable products today, dabbling at the edges no longer suffices. For example, 80% of a product’s lifetime emissions is determined by product design. Achieving sustainability demands a transformation of thought. You must start at the design phase.

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Lead Time Definition – How to Calculate & Reduce it?

SCMDOJO

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. Production Lead Time: Encompassing manufacturing, quality control, assembly, and related processes. Improved forecasting contributes to better overall supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Making The Right Choices.

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Top 4 Business Drivers for Investment in Procurement Transformation 2023

Zycus Cognitive Procurement

At its core, procurement strategies are all about managing the change aimed at driving continuous improvement in the supply chain. It also provided insight into building resilience through technology, people, and processes concerning the continuous improvement of the supply chain.