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The missing link: Why visibility is essential to creating a resilient supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Supply chain visibility has been the missing link since the shockwaves of 2020 rippled throughout the world and consumers felt the impacts of broad-based supply chain issues. But what does supply chain visibility mean? The reason boils down to a single word— barriers.

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Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Solvoyo

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . Accurate and timely reconciliation of purchase orders with receipts.

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Platform or a Collection of Tools: Which One Do You Prefer for your Digital Transformation Efforts?

Solvoyo

Here are 4 distinct reasons why you should prefer a supply chain platform as opposed to a collection of supply chain tools to ensure success in your digital transformation journey: 1) A platform is a living ecosystem. With a toolset, you get the underlying technology to build a supply chain “something.”

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Coronavirus & The CPG World: What to do now and how to prepare for the future?

Solvoyo

We believe that the CPG commercial world is already taking several actions to adapt to the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic. In the supply chain, visibility involves status reporting from suppliers, through the production&distribution infrastructure and all the way down to the shelf level.

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Coronavirus & The CPG World: What to do now and how to prepare for the future?

Solvoyo

We believe that the CPG commercial world is already taking several actions to adapt to the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic. In the supply chain, visibility involves status reporting from suppliers, through the production&distribution infrastructure and all the way down to the shelf level.

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3 Steps for Making Digital Transformation Happen in Supply Chain Planning

Solvoyo

In the Supply Chain Planning context, these include decisions about which products to keep in stock, where to keep them, when to replenish them, how to improve service levels for customers, how to liquidate excess stock in the most profitable way, how to respond to changes in customer demand in the most agile way, and etc.